Carcinogenesis

"Carcinogenesis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The origin, production or development of cancer through genotypic and phenotypic changes which upset the normal balance between cell proliferation and cell death. Carcinogenesis generally requires a constellation of steps, which may occur quickly or over a period of many years.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Carcinogenesis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Carcinogenesis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 70 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2015
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