possessing ability to cause benign or malignant tumours.
Capable of producing or inducing tumors in animals, either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).
Tending to cause tumours (not necessarily cancers) in tissue.
A substance that causes tumors, whether benign or malignant.
Capable of inducing tumor formation
Any substance capable of inducing such transformation.
can cause cancer (same as carcinogenic).
The ability to create tumors in tissue.
viruses, chemicals, genes, proteins, etc. that cause the formation of tumors.
Capable of causing tumor formation.
Capable of causing cancer.
Resulting from a gene that can induce neoplastic transformations in the cell in which it occurs or into which it is introduced.
An oncogenic process is any tumor-forming process. Oncovirinae, retroviruses which contain an onc gene, are categorized as such because they trigger the growth of tumorous tissues in the host.