carcinoma

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Site selection for the Amgen trial, focused on patients with limited-stage small cell lung carcinoma, is under way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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 trial involved 12 people with several types of metastatic cancer, including melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, and different forms of breast cancer.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

In May 2025, Arnold announced that he was ill, and had received a diagnosis of stage 4 clear cell renal carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, which had metastasised into his lung.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

So they treated the invasive type aggressively but generally didn’t worry about carcinoma in situ because they thought it couldn’t spread.

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