The spreading of cancer cells from a primary to a secondary site is known as:
A. malignancy
B. differentiation
C. angiogenesis
D. metastasis
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Rationale: Metastasis is the spreading of cancer cells from a primary site to a secondary site. When more than one sec-ondary site is involved, it is referred to with the plural metastases.
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