How to Use mesothelioma in a Sentence

mesothelioma

noun
  • It’s been closely linked to mesothelioma, a form of cancer often found in the lungs.
    Jef Feeley, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2018
  • Robert Sprague was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs, in 2015.
    Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Asbestos has been linked to mesothelioma, a cancer that occurs in the lining of the lungs, abdomen, and heart.
    William Thornton, AL.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • This should be the first playoff series sponsored by mesothelioma lawyers.
    Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Breathing asbestos dust can lead to the cancer mesothelioma.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
  • For the right to seek justice for the mesothelioma cancer that, just hours after Loa posed her question, claimed Larry's life at 79 years old.
    Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Did anyone else with peritoneal mesothelioma look like her?
    Essence, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But the surgeon discovered a raft of tumors spread across his lung, diaphragm and heart: mesothelioma.
    Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
  • Other cases allege that the powder is tied to mesothelioma.
    Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2018
  • Soon thereafter 15 of them were dead, 14 from asbestosis or mesothelioma.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2018
  • And the mesothelioma caused Plaintiff’s untimely death.
    Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The afterlife is in the litany, the repetition, the mesothelioma that lay dormant, decades later killing Sharpe’s brother.
    Hafizah Augustus Geter, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Some lawsuits claim the powders contained asbestos and caused mesothelioma, a rare type of cancer that affects the lungs and other organs.
    Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • He'd been diagnosed with stage 4 mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive cancer that can affect the linings of the lungs, abdomen or heart.
    Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • An unknown number of consumers claim that J&J’s talc products caused mesothelioma.
    Jef Feeley, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2018
  • His wife, Julia Trumbull, said the cause was complications of mesothelioma.
    New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The lawyers represent four people who alleged in lawsuits that J&J’s talc powders contained asbestos and that their use of the powders caused a cancer of the lungs known as mesothelioma.
    Peter Loftus, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Hernandez, 24, has the deadly cancer mesothelioma in tissue around his heart.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 19 July 2023
  • Ashley and Rob’s lives changed in a major way in 2019, when Rob was first diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer called peritoneal mesothelioma.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The mesothelioma cases represent a growing share of the more than 9,000 claims Johnson & Johnson faces over its talcum powder.
    Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 28 May 2018
  • He was diagnosed in 2016 with mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs, abdomen, or heart as the result of asbestos fibers.
    Dave Schatz, (east Brunswick, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Because asbestos is linked to diseases and cancers like mesothelioma, widespread use of asbestos products stopped years ago.
    Melissa Alonso and Jason Hanna, CNN, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Most people who have mesothelioma are males who are exposed from working conditions.
    Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 15 Sep. 2022
  • On Tuesday, the brought by a woman who claimed that asbestos contaminants in its baby powder caused her mesothelioma.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2020
  • In more recent cases, plaintiffs allege asbestos in the powder is to blame for mesothelioma, as well as for ovarian cancer.
    Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2018
  • Inhaling asbestos fibers, even in small amounts, can cause irreversible scarring of the lungs as well as malignant mesothelioma.
    Coral Davenport, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Exposure can cause various forms of mesothelioma — a cancer of the membranes lining the chest and abdomen — as well as lung and ovarian cancer.
    Maggie Vespa, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The people who are most at risk from mesothelioma are those who were exposed occupationally to asbestos.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Exposure may also cause mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Wells said he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in late 2019 after feeling an ache in his back and developing a serious cough.
    Amy Beth Hanson, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024

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