Cancer cells that have metastasized:
a. are totally unlike the characteristics of the organ from which they originated.
b. retain the characteristics of the organ in which they originated.
c. are a mixture of the characteristics of the organ in which they originated and
the secondary organ to which they metastasized.
d. grow by expansion and cause pressure on surrounding tissues.
Answer: b
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