carcinoma

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One sub-type, ovarian clear cell carcinoma, has a particularly strong connection to the condition.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The lesion -- clearly visible in recent weeks -- was a basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, said dermatologist Cristina Abdalla, who led the procedure at the Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

The team has already used this structural nanomedicine strategy to design SNA vaccines targeting melanoma, triple negative breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer and Merkel cell carcinoma.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

That led to a biopsy, which in April revealed that Hamilton had Stage 2 triple-positive invasive lobular carcinoma.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Diagnosing carcinoma in situ had only been possible since 1941, when George Papanicolaou, a Greek researcher, published a paper describing a test he’d developed, now called the Pap smear.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot