preneoplasm

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ neoplasm.

Noun

preneoplasm (plural preneoplasms)

  1. tissue that develops into a neoplasm
    • 2015 August 7, Qi Pan et al., “Metformin can block precancerous progression to invasive tumors of bladder through inhibiting STAT3-mediated signaling pathways”, in Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research : CR, volume 34, →DOI:
      In summary, this study demonstrates that metformin can block preneoplasm or non-invasive cancer of bladder progressing to invasive cancer through inhibiting STAT3-mediated signaling pathways which can promote viability, proliferation, migration and invasiveness of cancer cells.