carcinoma

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A study published last year in the journal Nature, for example, found that a personalized vaccine showed promise in forestalling recurrence of clear cell renal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of kidney cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Other cancers that are influenced by this enzyme include glioma, pancreatic cancer, and thyroid carcinoma.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 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

"It turned out that I have P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of my tongue. So I said to the doctors, 'Well, did this happen because of the lymphoma?' And they said, 'Totally unrelated.'"

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Not long before Henrietta’s first exam, TeLinde presented his argument about carcinoma in situ to a major meeting of pathologists in Washington, D.C., and the audience heckled him off the stage.

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