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precancerous

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Pronunciation: /priˈkænsərəs/

precancerous

Definition

A term used to describe a condition that may (or is likely to) become cancer. Also called premalignant.

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St. John’s wort

genome-wide association study

meditation

angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia

venlafaxine

granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Voraxaze

seminal vesicle biopsy

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TLR7 agonist RO7119929

anti-5T4 antibody-drug conjugate PF-06263507

vibostolimab/pembrolizumab MK-7684A

SLFN12-PDE3A complex inducer BAY 2666605

ARG1/ARG2 inhibitor OATD-02

balstilimab

Vesanoid

fluorine F 18-active site inhibited factor VIIa

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attributable risk

synchronous cancer

nonsense mutation

trinucleotide repeat

informative

positive predictive value

trisomy

translocation

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