cancerous
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The treatment, named focal therapy, uses high-intensity ultrasound or freezing cryotherapy to destroy cancerous tissue.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Aside from the cancerous growth, not much of this is new.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The results indicate that lowering MHC I expression can increase the ability of CD4+ T cells to destroy target cells, whether those cells are cancerous or allogeneic.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
That’s why the gold standard is a colonoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure that uses a scope with a camera to examine the large intestine’s lining for precancerous or cancerous polyps.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
They also found that when they blocked the HPV DNA, cervical cancer cells stopped being cancerous.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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Harmful
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