"premetastatic" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), pages 302–303",
          "text": "Since metastasis is what kills patients with breast cancer, it is, of course, generally true that the ability to detect and remove premetastatic tumors saves womenʼs lives.",
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        "Prior to metastasis."
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