metaplasia
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Individuals afflicted with intestinal metaplasia cells face a sixfold increased risk of succumbing to this lethal cancer.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023
The study offers clues into whether intestinal metaplasia cells directly transform into stomach cancer.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023
The longitudinal study, which represents the world's largest genomic survey of patients with intestinal metaplasia, examines more than 1,100 tissue samples using powerful technologies such as single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics*.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023
“I’m not that smart. I have squamous metaplasia in my ileum.”
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2020
Chondromata and osteochondromata may be benign but are prone to develop malignancy, and by sarcomatous or other changes, even metaplasia.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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