Example sentences for: adenocarcinomas

How can you use “adenocarcinomas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It can thus be concluded that cytological examination of sputum specimens is able to detect adenocarcinomas at an early stage albeit with low sensitivity (15%).

  • Some 15%–30% of lung adenocarcinomas contain activating mutations in the RAS family member KRAS . These mutations are most frequently found in codons 12 and 13 in exon 2 [5,6], and may be associated with unfavorable outcomes [7].

  • We identified 60 lung adenocarcinomas from individual patients with tumors shown to be sensitive or refractory to single-agent gefitinib or erlotinib and evaluated these tumors for mutations in EGFR and KRAS . Collectively, nine of 38 (24%) tumors refractory to either kinase inhibitor had KRAS mutations, while zero of 21 (0%) drug-sensitive tumors had such mutations ( p = 0.02) (Table 1).

  • Overall, the degree and intensity of OPN expression was qualitatively equal in samples of adenomas, adenocarcinomas and nodal metastases from patients with disseminated disease.

  • Histologically, 57 tumors were classified as squamous cell carcinomas and 3 as adenocarcinomas.


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