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PRECANCEREUX [1 record]

Record 1 2020-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

... occurring as a precursor to cancer.

CONT

Screening programs have an additional shortcoming: for every cancer they detect they reveal perhaps 10 other abnormalities, many of which seem to be precancerous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Se dit d'un état qui précède le cancer [...]

Key term(s)
  • pré-cancéreux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
DEF

[Se dice de] aquello que tiene la posibilidad de convertirse en [cáncer.]

PHR

lesión precancerosa

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