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Carcinogenesis
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The process by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
A pathological process in which normal cells are transformed into malignant cancer cells within a primary tumor. (NCI Thesaurus)
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