title: Systemic cancer and the metastatic process.
abstract: Various known and presumed characteristics of malignant cells that permit metastasis and factors that contribute to the establishment of secondary tumor foci are reviewed. The potential for therapeutic control with and the limitations of chemotherapy are discussed briefly.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002462:Cell Membrane; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D009012:Mopidamol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D010974:Platelet Aggregation
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009012:Mopidamol