malignant potential

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malignant
adjective
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/məˈlɪɡ.nənt/us
/məˈlɪɡ.nənt/
A malignant disease or growth is cancer or is related to cancer, and is likely to ...
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potential
noun[U]
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/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, ...
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These lesions are believed to have a smallmalignantpotential.
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This pathway normally regulates important cell decisions such as growth, division, survival and migration, and when deregulated it can confermalignantpotentialto the ensuing tumour.
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Sessile polyps larger than 2 cm usually contain villous features, have a highermalignantpotential, and tend to recur following colonoscopic polypectomy.
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Progress in determining themalignantpotentialof oral lesions.
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It is usually asymptomatic, rarely grows or bleeds, and has nomalignantpotential.
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They have nomalignantpotential, which means that they are no more likely than normal tissue to eventually become a cancer.
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In general, most solid pancreatic masses are either malignant or havemalignantpotential.
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As dyskaryotic epithelium found in the cervix havemalignantpotential, most cases of dyskaryosis will typically be followed up and referred.
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All forms of phyllodes tumors are regarded as havingmalignantpotential.
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Insig2 is upregulated under hypoxic conditions and is associated with themalignantpotentialof pancreatic cancer.
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are rare tumors withmalignantpotential.
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In many respects, the disease behaves as a benign tumor, but in 2-5% of cases it can metastasize, so it should be considered to havemalignantpotential.
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Borderline tumors are of uncertainmalignantpotential.
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