Question
Explain metastasis. Why is it fatal?
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Answer
Cells sloughed off from tumours reach distant sites through blood, and wherever they get lodged in the body they start a new tumour there, this property is called metastasis,
It is fatal because it causes malignant tumours/cancer.
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