How to Use adenocarcinoma in a Sentence

adenocarcinoma

noun
Definition of adenocarcinomanext
  • She was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma, a cancer that forms in the glandular cells of the body—most often found in the breast, pancreas, lung, prostate, and colon.
    — Leah Groth, Health.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • What the researchers found was that the rate of in situ adenocarcinoma cases—meaning cases in which the cancer hadn't spread—in most age groups and subsites decreased over time.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Lung adenocarcinoma: The most common type, mainly affecting the outer edges of the lung.
    — Lynne Eldridge, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Most breast cancers are a type of carcinoma called adenocarcinoma that starts in the milk ducts or milk-producing glands.
    — Ashley May, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2017
  • And on top of all that, in 2018, his mother got diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, the same type of cancer Young ultimately got.
    — Simar Bajaj, STAT, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In his mid-30s, Matthew was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma, a cancer of epithelial tissue, the cells that cover the surface of the body’s organs.
    — Mia Berry, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2019
  • In 2012, he was diagnosed with a form of cancer called signet ring cell adenocarcinoma, which was based in his abdominal area.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The family said that the cause was a heart attack and organ failure brought on by septic shock, and that Mr. Robinson also had adenocarcinoma, a cancer of the glandular cells.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • The cause was adenocarcinoma, said a daughter, Martha Cassidy.
    — Washington Post, 14 June 2017
  • According to an online obituary, Jackson died on March 3 after a battle with metastatic adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer that is found in the lymph nodes and can spread to other areas.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • According to the Cleveland Clinic, adenocarcinoma is a type of cancerous tumor that develops in the glands that line the inside of organs and is the most common type of cancer that affects organs.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Peck had been battling his illness — a rare form of sinus cancer that’s closely related to adenocarcinoma — since 2015.
    — Molly Duerig, azcentral, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Exocrine tumors are the majority of pancreatic cancers, and the most common form is called adenocarcinoma, which begins in gland cells, usually in the ducts of the pancreas.
    — Elizabeth Landau, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Following a skin biopsy, doctors confirmed that the man's colon cancer had metastasized to his skin, and the patient was diagnosed with metastatic colon adenocarcinoma.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 10 June 2020
  • Six weeks later, Valvano, known as Jimmy V, passed away from metastatic adenocarcinoma.
    — John Maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Of all exocrine pancreatic cancers, about 95% are adenocarcinomas, which usually begin in the ducts of the pancreas.
    — Christina Oehler, Health.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • For example, adenocarcinoma is a type of lung cancer that is more common among women -- yet the risk of this lung cancer subtype decreases more slowly than other subtypes when people stop smoking.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 24 May 2018
  • The actor’s passing was announced by his family on a Facebook page devoted to his battle with adenocarcinoma cancer.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The largest increase was found in a type of cancer called cervical adenocarcinoma, which is the deadliest form of cervical cancer, at an average annual percent increase of 2.9%.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Back in September 2021, Mora took to his Instagram account to share that he’d been battling with stomach cancer, an advanced gastric adenocarcinoma.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Robinson was 75 and died due to cardiac arrest from metastatic adenocarcinoma, a representative told the outlet.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 13 July 2021
  • The cause was cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failures due to septic shock, as well as metastatic adenocarcinoma, said his manager, Lisa DiSante-Frank.
    — Washington Post, 13 July 2021
  • Cancers, such as the common intestinal adenocarcinoma, were reduced by over 50%.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 27 June 2017
  • The biopsy results were disheartening: signet ring adenocarcinoma — a gastric cancer, the incidence of which is rising and which is resistant to chemotherapy.
    — Ellen Ciurczak, The Seattle Times, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The cause was cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failures due to septic shock, and metastatic adenocarcinoma.
    — Ryan Pearson, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
  • According to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, metastatic adenocarcinoma happens when adenocarcinoma cancer cells begin in one area and spread to other parts of the body.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
  • To see if this may be a real problem in humans, the researchers gathered 113 cell samples from human pancreatic cancers (a cancer type called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma).
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Pancreatic cancer — pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma — is the most common tumor of the pancreas and has the worst prognosis.
    — Douglas G. Adler, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2017
  • Cases of squamous cell lung cancer did decrease after the surgeon general’s warning, but another type, adenocarcinoma, increased.
    — Risa Robinson, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Cases of squamous cell lung cancer did decrease after the surgeon general's warning, but another type, adenocarcinoma, increased.
    — Risa Robinson, CNN, 16 Sep. 2019

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