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The metastatic cascade. Tumor cells initially break through the basement membrane at the site of origin. From there, they enter the circulation (blood or lymph stream), survive, and enter the tissue at the target site. Preparation of a pre-metastatic niche (10) may be required, but is not depicted (adapted from (11) using BioRender).
