Cancer vs Precancer - What's the difference?
cancer | precancer |
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
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As nouns the difference between cancer and precancer
is that cancer is cancer while precancer is an incipient form of cancer that may become malignant if not treated.As an adjective precancer is
before the onset of cancer.cancer
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