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Noun: preinvasive cancer
  1. A cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
    "The biopsy revealed preinvasive cancer, which was caught at an early stage";
    - carcinoma in situ

Derived forms: preinvasive cancers

Type of: carcinoma