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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Neoplastic Processes > Carcinogenesis
Neoplasms > Neoplastic Processes > Carcinogenesis

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Carcinogenesis  

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Entry terms

  • Oncogeneses
  • Oncogenesis
  • Tumorigeneses
  • Tumorigenesis

Scope note

  • The origin, production or development of cancer through genotypic and phenotypic changes which upset the normal balance between cell proliferation and cell death. Carcinogenesis generally requires a constellation of steps, which may occur quickly or over a period of many years.

History note

  • 2014; for TUMORIGENESIS and ONCOGENESIS see CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC 2012-2013

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D063646

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