cancerous
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Many of the molecular changes that make these cells cancerous are found inside the cell rather than on its exterior, putting them beyond the reach of many existing immune therapies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
"It's amazing, you literally can't see I had a large cancerous lesion removed from my cheek," she tells the BBC in the waiting room.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
That could create opportunities to intervene earlier while avoiding unnecessary treatment for people whose blood changes may not be cancerous.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Aside from the cancerous growth, not much of this is new.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Southam removed some of the nodules to verify that they were cancerous, but he left several to see if the patients’ immune systems would reject them or the cancer would spread.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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Harmful
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