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Precancerous Conditions

Known as: Precancerous/nonmalignant condition, Precancerous Condition, Premalignant Condition 
A pathological process with signs indicating it may become cancerous. Representative examples include leukoplakia, dysplastic nevus, actinic… 
National Institutes of Health

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Condition, Preneoplastic

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Uni and Epig
nloaded thelial cancer (UC) develops along two different genetic pathways, resulting in noninvasive or invamors. However, it is… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Identification of EZH2 as a molecular marker for a precancerous state in morphologically normal breast tissues.
The discovery of molecular markers to detect the precancerous state would have profound implications in the prevention of breast… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Integrated global profiling of cancer
Tumours are complex biological systems. No single type of molecular approach fully elucidates tumour behaviour, necessitating… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Heterogeneous expression and association of β‐catenin, p16 and c‐myc in multistage colorectal tumorigenesis and progression detected by tissue microarray
Most colorectal carcinomas (CRCs) arise from adenomas through an archetypal pathogenic pathway, the adenoma‐carcinoma‐metastasis… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The EGF-CFC family: novel epidermal growth factor-related proteins in development and cancer.
The EGF-CFC gene family encodes a group of structurally related proteins that serve as important competence factors during early… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Anti-tumor promotion with food phytochemicals: a strategy for cancer chemoprevention.
Cancer chemoprevention is currently regarded as a promising avenue for cancer control. In particular, the inhibition of tumor… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Loss of heterozygosity and mutational alterations of the p53 gene in skin tumours of interspecific hybrid mice.
Functional alterations or loss of tumor-suppressor genes are an important feature of neoplastic progression in humans. The… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Changing patterns of keratin expression during progression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
The expression of keratins in normal cervical epithelia, metaplastic epithelium, and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Cytogenetic analysis of melanocytes from premalignant nevi and melanomas.
We karyotypically analyzed cultured melanocytes from a variety of lesions, including congenital and dysplastic nevi, primary… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Prevalence of human papillomavirus type 16 DNA sequences in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive carcinoma of the cervix
Summary. The frequency of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 in premalignant and malignant lesions of the cervix was investigated… 
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