Definition of "adenomas" []

• Plural form of adenoma. (noun)

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• "The absence of GSTP led to a 50-fold increase in the number of tumours called adenomas crucially, in the same region of the bowel as the human cancer is found."
• "Lawrence Cohen, associate clinical professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, says switching to high-definition machines recently increased the detection rate of pre - cancerous growths called adenomas in his four-physician New York private practice to 50%, compared with 42% when using a standard-definition machine."
• ""Both of the three-year trials found that the drug reduced the occurrence of precancerous polyps called adenomas in people at risk for colon cancer," Health Day wrote, "but it more than doubled patients 'risk for heart attack and other serious cardiovascular events.""