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  • adjective Having both glandular (adenoid) and squamous characteristics

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Examples

  • The results show that coil use did not affect the risk of HPV infection, but was linked to a markedly lower risk of cervix cancer for both major types of the disease -- reducing the likelihood of developing squamous-cell carcinoma by 44 percent and adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma by 54 percent.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The results show that coil use did not affect the risk of HPV infection, but was linked to a markedly lower risk of cervix cancer for both major types of the disease -- reducing the likelihood of developing squamous-cell carcinoma by 44 percent and adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma by 54 percent.

    FOXNews.com 2011

  • The results show that coil use did not affect the risk of HPV infection, but was linked to a markedly lower risk of cervix cancer for both major types of the disease -- reducing the likelihood of developing squamous-cell carcinoma by 44 percent and adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma by 54 percent.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The researchers found that women who had used IUDs had a 44 per cent lower risk of developing squamous-cell carcinoma and a 54 per cent lower risk of suffering from adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ANDRÉ PICARD 2011

  • I was diagnosed with stage 2B adenosquamous carcinoma of the cervix

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • In addition, in a HER2 positive adenosquamous lung cancer study, 3 out of 4 animals treated with STA-9090 experienced partial responses as measured by MRI.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

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