cancerization

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The inappropriate growth - called cancerization - is a sign that the normal processes that stop growth when cells contact one another have been disrupted, though not fully, because otherwise the cells would invade the underlying connective tissue and become cancerous.

innovations-report 2009
The reported methylation patterns act as so-called "field cancerization effect" biomarkers to detect prostate cancer missed due to biopsy sampling errors.

Reuters: Press Release 2011
"Basic studies of a cell culture model for field cancerization should reveal the conditions that drive or delay the process and could be applied in prevention of cancer."

innovations-report 2009