1.   The cancer later spread to the liver.

2.   On film, the more the cancer spread, the more luminous my mother became, as if she were pregnant, not ill.

3.   Ralph Valle, of Phoenix, Ariz., opted for surgical castration, known as an orchiectomy, after the cancer spread.

4.   The cancer later spread to her liver and other vital organs.

5.   Treatment failed, the cancer spread, and she died nine months later.

6.   It turned out the cancer had spread to his lungs and brain.

7.   They have a higher risk of cancer spread, even though their lymph nodes seem free of cancer.

8.   Two research teams have identified genes that appear to make skin cancer spread, raising the prospect of quicker diagnosis and better treatments for the most dangerous tumors.

9.   Chiang underwent operations for esophageal cancer at the hospital early this year and his conditions had worsened recently as the cancer spread, Cheng said.