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Recent Examples of cancer
What type of breast cancer does Katie Thurston have?
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Glamour, 16 Feb. 2025
With his wife also urging him to get his recurrent sore throat checked, Theakston consulted a specialist and was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, a rare disease that attacked his voice box.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Thousands of researchers in my field dedicate their lives to understanding the brain, hoping to develop treatments for learning disabilities, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and dementia.
—Jessica Cantlon, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
My mom wanted to walk at her own pace and feared holding up the group; my dad, slowed by ongoing cancer treatment and a pickleball injury, decided to pass, too.
—Kerry Spencer, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
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Glamour, 16 Feb. 2025
With his wife also urging him to get his recurrent sore throat checked, Theakston consulted a specialist and was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, a rare disease that attacked his voice box.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Thousands of researchers in my field dedicate their lives to understanding the brain, hoping to develop treatments for learning disabilities, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and dementia.
—Jessica Cantlon, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
My mom wanted to walk at her own pace and feared holding up the group; my dad, slowed by ongoing cancer treatment and a pickleball injury, decided to pass, too.
—Kerry Spencer, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
Noun
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How long that takes depends on the course of the disease and farmer operations.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Leukemia, a disease of the blood and bone marrow, disrupts the body's ability to produce normal blood cells.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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Vitale, one of the most recognizable voices in US sports announcing known for his bombastic style and love of the game, had previously had lengthy battles with lymphoma, vocal cord and lymph node cancer.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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Manas will use artificial intelligence to try and accelerate the drug discovery process, starting with new treatments for aggressive cancers like prostate cancer, lymphoma and triple-negative breast cancer.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
2 Feb. 2025
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The oldest stems, however, are also struggling, given they are affected by sooty bark canker, leaf spot and conk fungal disease.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Some of the trees are covered with black canker, a fungal infection.—
Avedis Hadjian,
The Christian Science Monitor,
9 Jan. 2025
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Prions behave differently than viruses and bacteria and are virtually impossible to eradicate.—
Jim Robbin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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North America remained free from highly pathogenic bird flu viruses for years.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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In 2022, Mellencamp was diagnosed with stage II melanoma, which was promptly removed.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, 132,000 melanoma skin cancers occur globally each year, with Australia — where Chambers resides — having one of the highest incidence and mortality rates.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Those folks even named the local wildlife refuge after swinging Sony Bono, but what came next was toxic salinity and decay as less water came in and the water that remained increased in salinity.—
Dennis Hinkamp,
The Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2025
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Introduced in the 1940s to combat tooth decay, around 63 percent of the U.S. population receives fluoridated water, according to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), though this is not federally mandated.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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Doctors are warning patients who have a family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma and multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome Type 2 not to take the medication due to possible complications.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
24 Dec. 2024
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In recent years, many researchers have been focused on DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ, the earliest stage of cancer that in most cases remains in the milk ducts and does not invade other tissues.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
12 Dec. 2024
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Too much water, especially at the base of petunias, can cause rot problems.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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The horses were hurt and it was supposed the drinker of rot gut was killed.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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