Metastatic cancer cells:
A. are able to leave the tumor where they
originated and travel to distant locations to
set up new tumors at distant sites.
B. have lost their adhesion to the extracellular
matrix, freeing them from being confined to
the original tumor.
C. become malignant when they cross the
capillary basal lamina.
D. only need to cross a single layer of
capillary endothelial cells to form tumors at
distant sites.
E. All of these choices are correct.
A
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