Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being a condition that typically precedes or develops into a cancer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Prior to the occurrence of cancer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective oncology Of or pertaining to
growth that is likely to develop intocancer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
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Examples
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| while 'precancerous' occurred twice, both in the index.
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Peter Charles Remondino 1886
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Randomized trials of high dose folate supplementation were performed in individuals with a history of precancerous polyps of the colon.
Folic Acid Supplementation - Too Much of a Good Thing? aka TBTAM 2009
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It's very slow-growing and screening finds precancerous cells and allows early treatment.
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• Excisional treatments for detected precancerous lesions cause preterm deliveries in subsequent pregnancies, with concomitant low birth weight infants (which puts the infant at risk for life).
Marcia G. Yerman: An Interview with Dr. Diane M. Harper, HPV Expert Marcia G. Yerman 2010
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It's very slow-growing and screening finds precancerous cells and allows early treatment.
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Leukoplakia, a precancerous condition characterized by white patches in the mouth, has been linked directly to oral use of tobacco; it occurs in more than half of all users in the first three years of use.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Chew on This: The Real Dangers of Smokeless Tobacco M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Know Your ABCDE's Ronald Moy, a Beverly Hills, Calif., dermatologist and president of the American Academy of Dermatology, says skin cancers and precancerous conditions are often caught when patients come in for cosmetic procedures.
Reckoning With the Sun Laura Landro 2011
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Along with an invasive cancer, there will also be ductal carcinoma in situ DCIS, which are the precancerous cells that are still contained in the ducts.
Susan M. Love: Breast Cancer Surgery -- Ignorance of Anatomy, Not a Dearth of Guidelines Susan M. Love 2012
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Leukoplakia, a precancerous condition characterized by white patches in the mouth, has been linked directly to oral use of tobacco; it occurs in more than half of all users in the first three years of use.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Chew on This: The Real Dangers of Smokeless Tobacco M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Along with an invasive cancer, there will also be ductal carcinoma in situ DCIS, which are the precancerous cells that are still contained in the ducts.
Susan M. Love: Breast Cancer Surgery -- Ignorance of Anatomy, Not a Dearth of Guidelines Susan M. Love 2012
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