2. Noun. An incipient form of cancer that may become malignant if not treated. ¹
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Definition of Precancer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precancer
Literary usage of Precancer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Control of Tobacco-related Cancers and Other Diseases: Proceedings of an by Prakash C. Gupta, James E. Hamner, P. R. Murti (1992)
"An overview of research on oral cancer and precancer at the Basic Dental Research
Unit FALI S. MEHTA Basic Dental Research Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre ..."
2. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"The methods currently available to identify cancer potential in precancer, however,
have limited usefulness. Therefore, research should be extended in that ..."
3. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"Oral cancer and precancer. Bristol (England): John Wright & Sons, Ltd., 1980.
... Oral precancer. In: Barnes L, editor. Surgical pathology of the head and ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"... obscure dy peptic troubles with a moderate grade of ptosis or dilatation,
extending over years and covered in the phrase "precancer stage" of Murphy, ..."
5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"This article deals with the natural history of cervical human papillomavirus
infection and precancer. It traces the development of the transformation zone ..."
6. Tobacco Effects In The Mouth by Robert E. Mecklenburg (1995)
"... malignancy cannot be predicted, even among those with specific precancer- ous
lesions. The greatest risk is for tobacco users who regularly use alcohol. ..."
7. Portfolio of Dermochromes by Jerome Kingsbury, William Gaynor States, Eduard Jacobi (1913)
"In senile warts which do not manifest themselves until advanced age it is more
difficult to recognize precancer—in fact, impossible. ..."
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