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Secondary tumour — AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy Definition | GradeGen

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Secondary tumour

GCSE Combined Science · key term

Secondary tumour

Definition

A tumour formed elsewhere in the body by cancer cells that have spread from the original tumour.

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AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy · 8464

Specification 4.2.2.7 · Paper 1

The new growths they form are called secondary tumours.
Revise: Cancer

AQA Combined Science Trilogy past papers

Exam tips

1
Describe the full sequence for secondary tumour formation: cells leave a malignant tumour, travel in the blood and divide at another site.

Related key terms

Benign tumour
Cancer
Genetic risk factor
Malignant tumour
Risk factor

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