It is also difficult to see precancerous lesions with mammography, which have not emerged into localized density changes imaged by the low-dose of radiation.
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Among the 988 patients without precancerous lesions at the outset, none on the treatment got stomach cancer, compared with six in the placebo group.
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The findings among those with precancerous lesions were not as clear-cut : Seven in the treatment group developed stomach cancer, versus 11 in the placebo group.
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He was referring to a procedure costing about $ 1, 200 in which a doctor views the cervix through a magnifying lens to look for precancerous lesions.
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In 1911, French dermatologist Louis Queyrat described a sharply defined, bright red, glistening velvety precancerous lesion of the glans penis . the term became erythroplakia in English.
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Although there is no cure for xeroderma pigmentosum, the effects can be minimized by getting protection from the sunlight and if possible early removal of precancerous lesions.
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The nine women in the placebo group who developed precancerous lesions were treated; it would have been unethical to leave them untreated to see whether cancer developed.
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But some with healthy tissue below had dangerous growths above, and if those patients had been given only sigmoidoscopy, more than 60 precancerous lesions would have gone undetected.
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In addition to regular screening, which can detect precancerous lesions in the colon and rectum, several behavioral adjustments can reduce your risk of developing a cancer of the bowel.
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Cancers and precancerous lesions ( polyps ) that are ulcerated or rubbed by passing stool also may shed blood into the stool, which can be identified by a hemoglobin assay.