precancerous

Adjective

Meaning

of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated

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I have seven scars from having moles removed. One was a melanoma, six were precancerous. Get your moles checked! Jennifer Morrison

Cervical cancer usually takes time to develop, so delaying the start of screening a few years poses little risk of missing a potentially precancerous lesion. Source: Internet

HPV testing alone would most likely come up positive much of the time, however, most HPV at this stage clears up on its own and doesn’t morph into abnormal, precancerous cells. Source: Internet

And for those facing precancerous lesions, Hale recommends photodynamic therapy, also known as PDT, which can treat the entire face or chest in one fell swoop. Source: Internet

"Because the biopsy gets more tissue, it is able to find more precancerous cells. Source: Internet

If you get infected with one of these virus types, it’s possible that you could have precancerous changes in cells in the tissue without any symptoms. Source: Internet

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