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lesion
(redirected from precancerous lesion)

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lesion
any structural change in a bodily part resulting from injury or disease
lesion [′lē·zhən]
(biology)
A structural or functional alteration due to injury or disease.
(cell and molecular biology)
A damaged site in a gene, chromosome, or protein molecule.
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The drugs, which keep estrogen from working in cells, also cleared precancerous growths, or lesions, in both the cervix and vagina, and prevented the onset of cancer in mice that had the precancerous lesions.
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With more than 1 000 deaths a year, cancer of the cervix represents a major cause of cancer death in women in USA In the beginning of its development cervic precancerous lesions are caused by virus of the papillomavirus (HPV) family With more than 1 000 deaths a year, cancer of the cervix represents a major cause of cancer death in women in USA.
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