The phrase "precancerous changes" refers to abnormal cell growth that can potentially develop into cancer if left untreated. It means there are certain signs in the body indicating a higher risk of developing cancer in the future.
Sentences with «precancerous changes»
This Dream Team also seeks to develop a first - in - human vaccine to prevent or stop development of PDAC in individuals with an inherited predisposition, who have evidence of precancerous changes in their pancreas and mutant KRAS gene in endoscopic pancreatic juice samples. (pancreaticcancercollective.org)
The vaccine has been shown to prevent precancerous changes of the cervix, but to assume that these changes will progress to cancer is dishonest and manipulative. (coconutresearchcenter.org)
The U.S. government's National Toxicology Program said this week that there is «some concern» about BPA from experiments on rats that linked the chemical to changes in behavior and the brain, early puberty and possibly precancerous changes in the prostate and breast. (articles.chicagotribune.com)