She died on April 27, 2006 in Amarillo, Texas due to an inoperable cancer of the stomach, having been diagnosed the previous October.
Hepatocellular carcinoma | Squamous-cell carcinoma | squamous-cell carcinoma | Renal cell carcinoma | nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome | Merkel cell carcinoma | Chimney sweeps' carcinoma | Carcinoma | Adrenocortical carcinoma |
Caption = Micrograph of an acinic cell carcinoma (right of image) and acinar glands (parotid gland - left of image).
Megestrol, a progesterone derivative with antineoplastic properties used in the treatment of advanced carcinoma of the breast and endometrium
In the TNM classification, carcinoma in situ is reported as TisN0M0 (Stage 0).
Primary peritoneal carcinoma shows similar rates of tumor suppressor gene dysfunction (p53, BRCA, WT1) as ovarian cancer and can also show an increased expression of HER-2/neu.