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What is the mechanism behind cancer seedling?
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Cancer seeding?: I presume that you mean cancer seeding rather than cancer seedling. Cancer spreads by sending "seeds" which are cells or clumps of cells that break away from the primary tumor via the blood vessels or lymphatic channels and stick and grow in other organs.
Answered 4/17/2016
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