0 (especially of cells) showing signs of developing into a cancer: --
a precancerous growth
Both vaccines have been shown to prevent potentially precancerous lesions of the cervix.
If precancerous disease or cervical cancer is detected early, it can be monitored or treated relatively noninvasively, with little impairment of fertility.
Screening tests look for pre-cancerous changes in the cervix that could develop into cervical cancer.
The diterpenoid ingenol is the core structure of a topical drug recently commercialized to treat actinic keratosis, a precancerous skin condition.
Other reasons to perform bowel resection include ulcerative colitis, traumatic injuries, precancerous polyps, and familial polyposis.
The study brought to light that colonoscopy misses a significant percentage of pre-cancerous polyps.
The main goal of colposcopy is to prevent cervical cancer by detecting precancerous lesions early and treating them.
The whole plant has also been shown to induce precancerous changes in rats.
