Seventy-eight percent of patients with a particular type, squamous cell cancer, responded to the drug.

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In particular, those with squamous cell cancer, a particular type of tumor, were excluded.

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Also in the cancer cluster were squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, and throat cancer, but these had fewer genetic links between them.

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Concentrating on the most common form of oesophageal cancer, called squamous cell carcinoma, the researchers questioned 156 women with the disease from Oxfordshire, East Anglia, Trent and Eastern Scotland about their lifestyles.

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Patients with a particular type of lung cancer, called squamous cell carcinoma, were excluded from the trial because a previous study had found that they were more likely than other patients to experience bleeding of the lungs with Avastin therapy.

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Kelly is suffering from squamous cell carcinoma, but he has recently undergone tests to show that the cancer is isolated in his jaw and has not spread to other parts of his body.

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