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chemical carcinogenesis

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chemical carcinogenesis [¦kem·i·kəl ‚kär·sə·nə′gen·ə·səs]
(medicine)
The chemical-induced cancerous transformation of normal cells via a multistep process in which the genetic code of the cells is altered and then the altered cells are promoted to form tumors.


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They were instead designed to assist epidemiologists in making inductive inferences about the causal relationship of observed associations or, in the language of chemical carcinogenesis, as an aid in addressing the question, "Does a chemical exposure cause cancer?
This demonstrates its ability to protect against chemical carcinogenesis and toxicity.
 
 
 
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