How to Use oropharyngeal in a Sentence

oropharyngeal

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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
• Mehanna attributed the spike to a rise in a type of throat cancer called oropharyngeal cancer, which affects the tonsils and other structures in the back of the throat that make up the oropharynx.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 8 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Scientists know that most oropharyngeal cancer is caused by HPV 16.
  — Health.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• This explains in part why oropharyngeal cancer is rising among older people.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 8 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Two doctors gave him antibiotics before he was diagnosed with late-stage oropharyngeal cancer.
  — Martha Shade, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024