Not Cancer! But Can Lead To Cancer! Or Not!

Do you know about the disease that may cause cancer in your body?

These conditions are known as —

 Pre Cancerous Lesions or Pre Malignant Conditions.

There are some disorders that are not cancerous or malignant but they have association with cancer. These conditions may or may not be transformed into cancerous. These are called Pre - cancerous or pre malignant conditions.

The picture is showing the progression of a normal cell to cancer. The stages between the change of a normal cell to invasive cancer are precancerous lesions.

Examples:

Skin:

Solar Actinic Keratosis 

Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Dysplastic Nevi

Leukoplakia

Bowen’s Disease

Radiodermatitis

Penis:

Leukoplakia of penis

Female Genital Tract:

Endometrial hyperplasia 

Cervical dysplasia 

Leukoplakia and Dysplasia of vulva

Breast:

Intraductal epithelial hyperplasia 

Mouth:

Leukoplakia 

Plummer Vinson or Paterson Kelly Syndrome 

Esophagus:

Barrett esophagus

Stomach:

Chronic atrophic gastritis of pernicious anemia

Adenomatous polyp

Chronic gastric ulcer 

Small intestine:

Chron disease

Colon:

Adenomatous Polyp

Chronic ulcerative colitis 

Liver:

Cirrhosis of liver

Gall Bladder:

Cholelithiasis

Lungs:

Bronchial metaplasia and dysplasia 

Bone:

Paget’s disease

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