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Called clear-cell adenocarcinoma, it was usually found only in postmenopausal women, but Shelley was the third young girl with the disease Ulfelder had seen in as many years.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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Daughters exposed to DES in utero have forty times the risk of developing clear-cell adenocarcinoma though the cancer remains rare even in this population, and they may experience other problems, such as infertility or pregnancy complications.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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Typical treatment for clear-cell cancer may include a radical hysterectomy, surgical removal of all or part of the vagina, and reconstruction of the vagina.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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Although the number of cases of clear-cell cancer has declined in the last two decades mirroring decreased use of DES in the 1970s, it continues to be found in DES daughters, some in their 50s.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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One out of every thousand DES daughters is likely to develop clear-cell adenocarcinoma, a rare type of vaginal or cervical cancer.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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Regular DES exams can find clear-cell cancer early, so that it can be treated.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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The most common type is known as clear-cell renal cell cancer (RCC) because when seen under a microscope, the cells that make up this type of cancer appear very pale or clear.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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They found it was mutated not only in ovarian clear-cell carcinoma but also in a second type of ovarian tumor linked with endometriosis.
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"Overall, 46 percent of patients with ovarian clear-cell carcinoma and 30 percent of those with endometrioid carcinoma had ... mutations in ARID1A," they wrote.
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"With clear-cell RCC, there is a lot of data," said Fox Chase Cancer Center medical oncologist
Medindia Health News 2010
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