Definition of adenocarcinoma
: a malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
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Six weeks later, Valvano, known as Jimmy V, passed away from metastatic adenocarcinoma.
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The biopsy results were disheartening: signet ring adenocarcinoma — a gastric cancer, the incidence of which is rising and which is resistant to chemotherapy.
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Most breast cancers are a type of carcinoma called adenocarcinoma that starts in the milk ducts or milk-producing glands.
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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).
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In 2012, he was diagnosed with a form of cancer called signet ring cell adenocarcinoma, which was based in his abdominal area.
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A 2014 report from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on smoking concluded that changing cigarette designs have caused an increase in lung adenocarcinomas, and Murthy implicated cigarette filters.
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The cause was adenocarcinoma, said a daughter, Martha Cassidy.
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Evidence suggests that ventilation holes in the filters of these cigarettes contribute to increased lung adenocarcinoma rates and risks, according to a study published Monday in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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