2. Noun. (oncology) The process involved in the production of a new tumor or tumors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tumorigenesis
1. [n -GENESES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumorigenesis
Literary usage of Tumorigenesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. US Postal Service: Factors Affecting Fund by Katherine A. Siggerud (2006)
"... Haber tumorigenesis 129500 2000 Mount Sinai School of Medicine Kretzschmar
... lnstitute D'Amore Biology/ tumorigenesis 121500 2000 State University of ..."
2. Emf Science Review Symposium: Breakout Group Reports for Theoretical edited by Mary S. Wolfe, Christopher J. Portier (1997)
"In vivo evidence shows that the magnitude of the EMF-induced increase in the
enzyme ODC is large enough to increase tumorigenesis. ..."
3. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"The role of cofactors in tumorigenesis by NNK and NNN, as components of a complex
mixture like snuff, is not clear. Snuff extract inhibited the ..."
4. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"A decrease in IGF-1R levels has been associated with increased apoptosis and
inhibition of tumorigenesis (45). Studies are now in progress to correlate ..."
5. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1998)
"... and biology of tumorigenesis. Figure 1 illustrates how co-segregation of
unlinked resistance or susceptibility alleles may influence human cancer risk. ..."
6. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"Genetic model of colon tumorigenesis. and molecular changes has permitted the
study of its molecular pathophysiology in more detail than other cancer types. ..."
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