Metastasis is a pathogenic agent's spreading from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body; the term is typically used when referring to metastasis by a cancerous tumor. From Wikipedia
TV icon Suzanne Somers battled with breast cancer for over 20 years, hypertension, and hydrocephalus—a condition causing fluid build-up in the brain, and died the day before celebrating her 77th birthday.