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Definitions of INVASIVE CANCER on the Web :

• Cancer that has spread beyond the layer of cells where it first developed to involve adjacent tissues. www.legacyhealth.org/body.cfm
  

• cancer that begins in one area and then spreads deeper into the tissues of that area. medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/healthinformation/glossary/i.cfm
  

• Cancer that has spread beyond the layer of tissue in which it developed and is growing into surrounding, healthy tissues. Also called infiltrating cancer. www.stjude.org/glossary
  

• cancer that has spread beyond the area where it first developed to involve adjacent tissues. For example, invasive breast cancers develop in milk glands (lobules) or milk passages (ducts) and spread to the nearby fatty breast tissue. Some invasive cancers spread to distant areas of the body (metastasize), but others do not. Also called infiltrating cancer. www.mesothelioma-settlement-information.org/Mesothelioma_Legal_Glossary.php

• Cancer that has spread to nearby tissue, lymph nodes under the arm, or other parts of the body. (Same as Infiltrating cancer.) seniorhealth.about.com/od/womenshealth/a/women_glos_2.htm
  

• Cancer characterized by spreading from its point of origination into other tissues and organs. www.mesotheliomafyi.com/glossary.html
  

• When cancerous cells have spread to deeper tissue. www.cervicalscreen.health.gov.au/glossary/
  

• a stage of cancer in which cells have spread to healthy tissue adjacent to the tumor. www.cancercenter.com/after-care-services/glossary.cfm
  

• Cancers that are capable of going beyond their site of origin and invading neighboring tissue www.bcaction.org/Pages/GetInformed/NewlyDiagnosedBooklet/NDBGlossary.html
  

• Cancer that has invaded surrounding tissue and spread to distant parts of the body. www.jsonline.com/alive/news/cancer/iterms.asp
  

• cancer that has broken through its initial limiting membrane, such as the basement membrane of the breast duct. oes.mans.eun.eg/Courses/med/surgery/graphics/cf_storyboards/breast_cancer/cfsb_brca_gloss1.asp.htm