carcinoma

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The patient was a 71-year-old man with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma who did not qualify for surgical removal of his tumors or for a human liver transplant.

From Science Daily

At first, the acting student thought the lesion was just a result of biting her tongue during an epileptic seizure, but doctors decided to biopsy the area and found stage two squamous cell carcinoma.

From BBC

She was 62 years old and had been under treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare skin cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Mayo Clinic says squamous cell carcinoma is a form of cancer that begins as a growth on the cells of the skin and that an HPV infection is among the risk factors.

From Los Angeles Times

"It turned out that I have P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of my tongue. So I said to the doctors, 'Well, did this happen because of the lymphoma?' And they said, 'Totally unrelated.'"

From BBC