Sentences with phrase «finding precancerous lesions»

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.

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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.
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