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What is metastatic cancer?

Updated on October 22, 2024

In this video, Tonya Echols Cole, MD, explains how metastatic breast cancer cells are identified in the body and how healthcare providers understand and approach the treatment of non-curable cancers.

Medically reviewed in July 2018.

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