How to Use carcinoma in a Sentence

carcinoma

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  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma is most commonly found in the salivary glands of the head and neck.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The most common forms of this disease are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma.
    — Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, SELF, 2 Feb. 2018
  • His wife, Lovell Woods Gamble, said the cause was ameloblastic carcinoma, a rare tumor in the jaw.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The study findings make learning to catch and treat Merkel cell carcinoma early a top priority.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 23 Feb. 2018
  • But like basal cell carcinoma, SCC comes in various guises.
    — Amy Norton, SELF, 19 July 2024
  • Some people are at higher risk than others for developing Merkel cell carcinoma.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Basal cell carcinoma can look like a zit or a mole and is usually pinkish or flesh-toned in color, while squamous cell carcinoma looks more like a wart that bleeds if scratched or bumped.
    — Emily Wang, Allure, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Because adenoid cystic carcinoma most commonly recurs in the lungs, previous scans had focused there and not on her liver.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 14 Mar. 2018
  • There are other types of skin cancers that are less concerning, mainly squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, which tend to be (thankfully) much more common than melanoma.
    — House Call Doctor Sanaz Majd, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Jenner had a cancerous basal cell carcinoma removed, according to People.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Yet for almost 15 years, she’s been dealing with an onslaught of basal cell carcinomas (BCC)—the most common type of skin cancer—and even some melanomas, which are more rare.
    — Amy Norton, SELF, 22 July 2024
  • The rate of carcinomas was also higher in the male rats fed the dye (7.5 percent vs 1.5 percent).
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • That little patch turned out to be a basal cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer.
    — Diane Omdahl, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Having a basal cell carcinoma may not seem all that scary.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 2 July 2018
  • The cause was adenoid cystic carcinoma, a form of cancer, said a son, Chris Mitchell.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 14 June 2019
  • In August, the Seneca Park Zoo shared that the animal had a squamous cell carcinoma growth on her jaw.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Basal cell carcinoma is the most curable form of skin cancer.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Serous carcinomas are the most common kind, according to the ACS.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer, but also the most curable form.
    — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Basal cell carcinoma is so common there aren’t good counts.
    — Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Whereas melanoma looks like a dark mole with jagged edges, Merkel cell carcinoma presents like a pimple, Chesney said.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Sep. 2023
  • He’d been diagnosed four years ago with Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of skin cancer.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas are the most common types of skin cancers, Chesney said.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Sep. 2023
  • As far as cancer treatments go, treating a basal cell carcinoma is a cinch.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 2 July 2018
  • News broke in March of this year that Cardwell had been diagnosed with stage 4 adrenal carcinoma in her liver, kidney, and lung.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Keri Lynn Noble was first diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma — a type of skin cancer — in 2016.
    — Fox News, 25 July 2019
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare form of skin cancer that develops just beneath the skin and in hair follicles.
    — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ, a common type of breast cancer, is one such disease.
    — David Ropeik, STAT, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Squamous cell lung carcinoma: A type that mainly affects the airways and accounts for 25% and 30% of all cases.
    — Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Testing confirmed the lesion was basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023

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