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 ]
Synonyms: premalignant state precancerous state precancerous condition premalignant condition
Term information
- MEDGEN:19442 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D011230 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0032927 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C3341 (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
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D011230
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3341
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0032927
http://identifiers.org/medgen/19442