How to Use oropharyngeal in a Sentence
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Many people have also been tested with a long throat swab, known as an oropharyngeal swab.
—Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 15 June 2020
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The fifth type — an oropharyngeal specimen — is not recommended by the CDC, but is acceptable, and swabs the throat and tonsils.
—Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
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It is believed to cause about 70 percent of oropharyngeal cancers — tumors of the back of the throat, the base of the tongue and the tonsils, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
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In 2014, he was diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer and took a year-long hiatus, but has since recovered and released async this spring.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2017
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Scientists know that most oropharyngeal cancer is caused by HPV 16.
—Health.com, 19 Oct. 2017
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This explains in part why oropharyngeal cancer is rising among older people.
—Korin Miller, Health, 8 June 2023
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The vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in the prevention of HPV infection and has the potential to decrease cervical, vaginal, vulvar, and oropharyngeal (throat) cancers.
—Ian Fields, SELF, 26 Aug. 2019
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No such screening test exists for oropharyngeal sites the tongue, soft palate, tonsils, the throat behind the nasal cavity and symptoms usually don't appear until cancer is advanced.
—Marie McCullough, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
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No such screening test exists for oropharyngeal sites - the tongue, soft palate, tonsils, the throat behind the nasal cavity - and symptoms usually don’t appear until cancer is advanced.
—Marie McCullough, miamiherald, 8 Mar. 2018
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Two doctors gave him antibiotics before he was diagnosed with late-stage oropharyngeal cancer.
—Martha Shade, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
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Cancers of the brain and other nervous system, soft tissue, and oropharyngeal cancers linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) also increased.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Jan. 2019
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After ordering a series of CT scans, Mock’s next doctor gave him a sobering diagnosis: late-stage oropharyngeal cancer, better known as throat cancer.
—USA Today, 23 May 2022
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He was diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer in 2014, but the following year cautiously announced that his condition had improved.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 2 Apr. 2023
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Doctors have recently experienced an uptick in oropharyngeal, or throat cancer, cases that are related to HPV.
—Claire Lampen, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
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Fortunately, there was some medical equipment on board — including an oropharyngeal airway, a device used to open a patient’s airway.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
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In hope of beating oropharyngeal cancer, Becker researched clinical trials after the disease recurred in December 2016, barely a year after initial treatment.
—Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
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Ciccone's death in February was reportedly caused by several health issues, including oropharyngeal cancer, with tobacco use being listed as a contributing factor, per the outlet.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2023
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