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precancerous condition

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A pathological process with signs indicating it may become cancerous. Representative examples include leukoplakia, dysplastic nevus, actinic keratosis, xeroderma pigmentosum, and intraepithelial neoplasia. [ NCIT:C3341 ]

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database cross reference
  • NCIT:C3341 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MESH:D011230 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
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Editor note: check classification. Also consider changing def, NCIT defines as disease. Also consider a grouping for this and paraneoplastic syndrome

definition

A pathological process with signs indicating it may become cancerous. Representative examples include leukoplakia, dysplastic nevus, actinic keratosis, xeroderma pigmentosum, and intraepithelial neoplasia.

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3341, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D011230

has exact synonym

premalignant state, precancerous state, precancerous condition, premalignant condition

id

MONDO:0021074

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