indolent lesion of epithelial origin

English

Etymology

indolent +‎ lesion +‎ epithelial. Coined in 2015 by the research team of Laura J. Esserman, Ian M. Thompson, Brian Reid, Peter Nelson, David F. Ransohoff, H. Gilbert Welch, Shelley Hwang, Donald A. Berry, Kenneth W. Kinzler, William C. Black, Mina Bissell, Howard Parnes, Sudhir Srivastava.^[1]

Noun

indolent lesion of epithelial origin (plural indolent lesions of epithelial origin)

(pathology) a type of cancerous growth, which is malignant, but spreads slowly, and unlikely to be a serious issue within the lifetime of the victim

Synonyms

IDLE (abbreviation)

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References

^ Lancet Oncology, "Addressing overdiagnosis and overtreatment in cancer: a prescription for change", May 2015 ; DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70598-9 ; PMID: 24807866 ; PMCID: PMC4322920 ; NIHMSID: NIHMS658721 ;

[1] Lancet Oncology, "Addressing overdiagnosis and overtreatment in cancer: a prescription for change", May 2015 ; DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70598-9 ; PMID: 24807866 ; PMCID: PMC4322920 ; NIHMSID: NIHMS658721 ;

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