Assertion: melanoma's stage | /r/DefinedAs | distant spread
Facets:
value: by spread through the bloodstream
type: MANNER
value: to other organs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In staging melanoma, stage 3 is defined as local spread through lymphatic drainage (sentinel node biopsy helps with staging here), and stage 4 is defined as distant spread (metastasis) to other organs, presumably by spread through the bloodstream.