fibrosarcoma
noun
fi·bro·sar·co·ma
ˌfī-brə-sär-ˈkō-mə 
ˌfi-
: a sarcoma of relatively low malignancy consisting chiefly of spindle-shaped cells that tend to form collagenous fibrils
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However, everything changed in late September when Lucy was diagnosed with oral fibrosarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer.
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Bioengineer Ke Cheng at North Carolina State University in Raleigh found that when exosomes harvested from fibrosarcoma cells are injected into tumour-bearing mice, the vesicles are drawn to the tumours3.
—Amanda B. Keener, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
In November, of that year, Anthony was diagnosed with high-grade fibrosarcoma, metastatic, to his lungs bilaterally.
—refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
Two human cancer lines, of fibrosarcoma and carcinoma, were tested in the ears of mice and chick embryos.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2017
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Bioengineer Ke Cheng at North Carolina State University in Raleigh found that when exosomes harvested from fibrosarcoma cells are injected into tumour-bearing mice, the vesicles are drawn to the tumours3.
—Amanda B. Keener, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
In November, of that year, Anthony was diagnosed with high-grade fibrosarcoma, metastatic, to his lungs bilaterally.
—refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
Two human cancer lines, of fibrosarcoma and carcinoma, were tested in the ears of mice and chick embryos.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2017
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fibrosarcoma
noun
fi·bro·sar·co·ma
-sär-ˈkō-mə
plural fibrosarcomas also fibrosarcomata
-mət-ə
: a sarcoma of relatively low malignancy consisting chiefly of spindle-shaped cells that tend to form collagenous fibrils
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