Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Metástasis en tránsito
In-transit metastasis (in-TRAN-zit meh-TAS-tuh-sis)
A type of metastasis in which skin cancer spreads through a lymph vessel and begins to grow more than 2 centimeters away from the primary tumor but before it reaches the nearest lymph node.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.