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  • noun Plural form of adenoma.

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Examples

  • The absence of GSTP led to a 50-fold increase in the number of tumours called adenomas crucially, in the same region of the bowel as the human cancer is found.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The absence of GSTP led to a 50-fold increase in the number of tumours called adenomas crucially, in the same region of the bowel as the human cancer is found.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The absence of GSTP led to a 50-fold increase in the number of tumours called adenomas crucially, in the same region of the bowel as the human cancer is found.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Lawrence Cohen, associate clinical professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, says switching to high-definition machines recently increased the detection rate of pre - cancerous growths called adenomas in his four-physician New York private practice to 50%, compared with 42% when using a standard-definition machine.

    Is a Colonoscopy More Effective in High-Def? 2010

  • "Both of the three-year trials found that the drug reduced the occurrence of precancerous polyps called adenomas in people at risk for colon cancer," Health Day wrote, "but it more than doubled patients 'risk for heart attack and other serious cardiovascular events."

    Pfizer Celebrex Lawsuits - 1500 and Counting 2006

  • Polyps - also known as adenomas - are growths in the bowel and while they are not cancerous in themselves they can develop into cancer over a long period of time.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Researchers at the University at Buffalo (UB) in New York state found in a study of more than 2,000 men that patients diagnosed with prostate cancer had significantly more abnormal colon polyps, known as adenomas, and advanced adenomas than men without prostate cancer.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York state found in a study of more than 2,000 men that patients diagnosed with prostate cancer had significantly more abnormal colon polyps, known as adenomas, and advanced adenomas than men without prostate cancer.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • Researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York state found in a study of more than 2,000 men that patients diagnosed with prostate cancer had significantly more abnormal colon polyps, known as adenomas, and advanced adenomas than men without prostate cancer.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • Researchers at the University at Buffalo (UB) in New York state found in a study of more than 2,000 men that patients diagnosed with prostate cancer had significantly more abnormal colon polyps, known as adenomas, and advanced adenomas than men without prostate cancer.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

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