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Definition of Carcinogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Carcinogenesis

1. The generation of cancer from normal cells, correctly the formation of a carcinoma from epithelial cells, but often used synonymously with transformation, tumourigenesis. (19 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carcinogenesis

Literary usage of Carcinogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Reactive Oxygen Species: Their Relation to Pneumoconiosis and carcinogenesis Val Vallyathan, Xianglin Shi, and Vincent Castranova Health Effects Laboratory ..."

2. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Among these factors, the role of viruses, especially herpes simplex virus (HSV) and human papillomavirus (HPV), in oral carcinogenesis has been studied in ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"ession of Chemical (DEN) carcinogenesis in SWR/J Mice by Goat Antibodies Against ... in chemical carcinogenesis in J mice lack both infectious ecotropic ..."

4. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Coles B, Ketterer B. The-role of glutathione and glutathione transferases in chemical carcinogenesis. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 25:47 (1990). " 32. 15. ..."

5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"There are many factors which influence the whole process of carcinogenesis. Exposure to environmental pollutants in a wide sense represents only one of many ..."

6. Control of Tobacco-Related Cancers and Other Diseases: Proceedings of an by Prakash C. Gupta, James E. Hamner, P. R. Murti (1992)
"Experimental Lung Cancer — carcinogenesis and Bioassays. ... Respiratory tract carcinogenesis induced in hamsters by different dose levels of benzo[a]pyrene ..."

7. Asbestos: Selected Cancers by Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"The effect of iron binding on the ability of crocidolite asbestos to cataly/.e DNA single-strand breaks. carcinogenesis 16(2): 319-325. Hartwig A. 2002. ..."

8. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"carcinogenesis, Technical Report Series No. 26. Bioassay of Nitrofen for Possible Carcinogenicity (CAS No. 1836-75-5). DHEW (NIH) Publication No. 78-826. ..."

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