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.
Not exact matches
The researchers
found that among women who were 15 to 19 years old at the time of a diagnostic cervical biopsy, the incidence rate of cervical abnormalities, including those that were classified as
precancerous lesions, decreased between 2007 and 2014.
Thus, as the inflammatory cascade progresses from nonatrophic gastritis through the atrophic gastritis — intestinal metaplasia — neoplastic spectrum, it was
found that these 5 specific markers were statistically significant in predicting
precancerous lesions in comparison to traditional risk factors (receiver operating characteristic, 0.803 vs 0.580).70 As discussed previously, intestinal - type gastric cancer is more strongly associated with the atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia cascade, thus explaining the closer correlation with intestinal - type gastric cancer and the serologic biopsy than diffuse - type gastric cancer.
Studying cells from the stomach and pancreas in humans and mice, as well as mouse kidney and liver cells, and cells from more than 800 tumor and
precancerous lesions in people, the researchers
found when tissue is injured by infections or trauma, mature cells can revert back to a stem - cell state in which they divide repeatedly.
The researchers also
found that the reductions in the number of
precancerous lesions were greater than anticipated.