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Metastatic seminoma of supraclavicular lymph node

Medical apparatus illustrating a notice for an event on oncology in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ethiopian Medical Association, 2009.

Myxoid liposarcoma, microscopy

MGG stained smear of a C2 vertebral chordomal mass

Squamous carcinoma of lacrimal gland, microscopy

Papanicolaou stained smear of a clival chordoma, microscopy. Chordomas are cancers formed of cells which resemble those of the notochord (spine) of a developing foetus. Although they can present anywhere within the spine and skull, the majority grow in the sacral region of the spine, corresponding to the lower back. This image shows a Papanicolaou (Pap) stained smear obtained from a needle biopsy of a chordoma in the clivus, a part of the cranium at the base of the skull.

Section of a cystic mass isolated from the parotid gland

Human oral squamous cell carcinoma cell

Papanicolaou stained smear of a C2 vertebral chordomal mass, microscopy. Chordomas are cancers formed of cells which resemble those of the notochord (spine) of a developing foetus. Although they can present anywhere within the spine and skull, the majority grow in the sacral region of the spine, corresponding to the lower back. This image shows a Papanicolaou (pap) stained smear obtained from a needle biopsy of a chordoma of the C2 vertebrae, located at the top of the neck just underneath the base of the skull.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Lung cancer

Cancer stem cells : philosophy and therapies / Lucie Laplane.

Cáncer en El Salvador : medicina / Salvador Infante Díaz.

Krebsarzt.

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Oncology

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Images referencing Oncology

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Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Lung cancer

Cancer stem cells : philosophy and therapies / Lucie Laplane.

Cáncer en El Salvador : medicina / Salvador Infante Díaz.

Krebsarzt.

Oncology

Images from the collections

Images referencing Oncology

Works from the collections

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Lung cancer

Cancer stem cells : philosophy and therapies / Lucie Laplane.

Cáncer en El Salvador : medicina / Salvador Infante Díaz.

Krebsarzt.

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