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Diagram illustrating the main steps of metastatic cascade. 1) Local invasion: cells at the primary tumor site invade the surrounding stroma; 2) intravasation of cancer cell into blood vessels; 3) dissemination of cancer cells in blood vessels to distant sites; 4) extravasation of cancer cell from blood vessel to a secondary tissue; 5) colonization of a secondary tissue to form metastasis.
