Sentences with phrase «become precancerous»

Beverly Emerson studies how different genes are turned on and off through the course of a cancer — from the time cells become precancerous until the time they develop into a mature cancer and spread to new organs.

In an online issue of Cancer Discovery, the scientists described the molecular steps necessary for acinar cells in the pancreas — the cells that release digestive enzymes — to become precancerous lesions.

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The company's first product objectively and accurately distinguishes between those precancerous oral lesions at high risk of becoming cancerous and those that pose low risk.

Proteocyte Diagnostics is a Canadian molecular diagnostics company that has developed a novel diagnostics test, Straticyte ™ that objectively and accurately detects precancerous oral lesions at high risk of becoming cancerous.

Proteocyte Diagnostics Inc. is a Canadian molecular diagnostics company that has developed a novel diagnostics test, Straticyte ™, that accurately detects precancerous oral lesions at high risk of becoming cancerous.

Research shows that screening for cervical and colorectal cancers as recommended helps prevent these diseases by finding precancerous lesions so they can be treated before they become cancerous,» said Burstein.

While a 90 per cent success rate would be poor for chemotherapy, only a tiny fraction of precancerous cells ultimately become malignant.

They do more than watch the camera, they are able to remove polyps — abnormal growths — both to prevent precancerous polyps from becoming malignant and to examine the tissue for signs of cancer.

Using animal models of precancerous polyps in the bowel, Chung and his team determined that certain types of immune cells within a chronically inflamed intestine can become rewired, causing them — paradoxically — to contribute to disease development rather than protect against it.

You have a precancerous phase where you can attack and fix it so it does not become an invasive cancer,» he said of classic precancerous changes in the cervix, which are detected by Pap in this slowly evolving cancer.

One possibility is endometrial hyperplasia, a precancerous condition that causes the uterine lining to become extra thick.

For example, screening for cervical and colorectal cancers can find precancerous cells, which can be treated before they become cancerous.