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Examples of squamous cell in a Sentence
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Baseline estimates presented at a conference last month blame alcohol for over a third of esophageal cancers (mostly squamous cell carcinoma) and oral cavity and pharynx cancers, and a quarter of liver cancer cases.
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Isabella Cueto and J. Emory Parker, STAT, 27 June 2024
Advertisement Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer in the United States, followed by squamous cell carcinoma.
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
There are three major types — basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
The two companies are also testing the same combination in patients with another type of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, both before and after surgery, as well as in kidney and bladder cancer patients.
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Alice Park, TIME, 3 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above
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“Squamous cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squamous%20cell. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Medical Definition
squamous cell
noun
: a cell of or derived from squamous epithelium
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