The most common type of tissue cancer occurring between ages 15 and 19 is:
a. sarcoma.
b. squamous cell.
c. carcinoma.
d. neuroma.
ANS: C
The most common type of tissue cancer after adolescence is carcinoma, not sarcoma, squamous cell, or neuroma.
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