How does cancer spread through the body? – Ivan Seah Yu Jun

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Cancer cells normally begins with one tumor in a particular area of the body. If the growth is not gotten rid of, cancer cells has the ability to spread out to close-by body organs as well as areas far away from the origin, like the mind. Exactly how does cancer cells transfer to these new locations as well as why are some body organs more likely to get contaminated than others? Ivan Seah Yu Jun describes the 3 common routes of metastasis.

Lesson by Ivan Seah Yu Jun, computer animation by Andrew Foerster.