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- adjective Before the formation of a
tumor
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Examples
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Evidently in these instances some initiating oncogen must have acted upon the epidermal cells prior to circumcision, though not sufficiently to bring about neoplastic changes at that time, but only what can be termed a preneoplastic condition that has persisted in the cells 'descendants and at last has come to completion, or been brought to it by some imperceptible, new initiating actor then.
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(T1a-b, T2) or in preneoplastic conditions (laryngeal intraepithelial neoplasia - LIN I, II or III).
Yemen Observer 2010
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The authors regarded SIM as response to stimuli caused by the changing environment, while AIM may have malignant transformation and could be regarded as preneoplastic lesions.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The authors regarded SIM as response to stimuli caused by the changing environment, while AIM may have malignant transformation and could be regarded as preneoplastic lesions.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Both selenite and selenate, but not SeMet, significantly decreased the numbers of preneoplastic lesions (precursors to colon cancer) caused by feeding rats a chemical carcinogen.
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The authors regarded SIM as response to stimuli caused by the changing environment, while AIM may have malignant transformation and could be regarded as preneoplastic lesions.
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Afanasieva TA, Pekarik V, Grazia D'Angelo M, Klein MA, Voigtlander T, et al. (2001) Insertional mutagenesis of preneoplastic astrocytes by Moloney murine leukemia virus.
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Senescence has also been observed in preneoplastic lesions in vivo, as well as in tumors of patients treated with certain chemotherapeutic agents
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Pretlow TP, Brasitus TA, Fulton NC, Cheyer C, Kaplan EL (1993) K-ras mutations in putative preneoplastic lesions in human colon.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vassiliki Kotoula et al. 2009
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(IQ) - induced colonic and hepatic preneoplastic lesions in the F344 rat by cruciferous vegetables administered simultaneously with the carcino.
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