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Adenocarcinoma
Studies from Taichung Veterans General Hospital yield new data on adenocarcinoma
July 29th, 2008
According to a study from Taichung, Taiwan, "In general, tumors of the external auditory canal (EAC) are quite uncommon, and glandular tumors comprise only a minority of these tumors." "Tumors of the ceruminous gland are infrequent in the EAC. Cerummous. adenocarcinoma is a malignant subtype of cerumi- nous gland neoplasm,(1) which is an exceedingly rare malignant tumor of the EAC. The true incidence and biological behavior of these tumors is still obscure, owing not only to. the rarity of these tumors but also to ambiguous tumor nomenclature," wrote J.C. Jan and colleagues, Taichung Veterans General Hospital. The researchers concluded: "The dearth...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-29)
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