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Recent Examples of cancer
Carter Goodrich, who completed cancer treatment in June 2021, began writing her first novel that November.
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Amy Bizzarri, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The report linked plant oils with lower total cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality—a distinct departure from the fearmongering happening online.
—Lisa Niven-Phillips, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
What Happened To Molly Kochan? Molly Kochan passed away on March 8, 2019, after more than three years of living with Stage IV cancer.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
An autopsy later revealed that Kerry didn’t have cancer, as she was led to believe, or any other prior health problems.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
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Amy Bizzarri, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The report linked plant oils with lower total cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality—a distinct departure from the fearmongering happening online.
—Lisa Niven-Phillips, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
What Happened To Molly Kochan? Molly Kochan passed away on March 8, 2019, after more than three years of living with Stage IV cancer.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
An autopsy later revealed that Kerry didn’t have cancer, as she was led to believe, or any other prior health problems.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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Soggy soil is a breeding ground for destructive pests and diseases.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
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Millions of Americans depend on our nation's research institutions for treatments and cures to the diseases that devastate families every day.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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The 65-year-old was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma last year.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Comments Nearly five months after revealing that he had been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Dave Coulier is cancer-free.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Most oral cancers are bumpier than ordinary cankers.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
26 Feb. 2025
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Other mouthwashes for cankers are single-ingredient antimicrobial rinses.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
26 Feb. 2025
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The measles virus can remain contagious in the air or on contaminated surfaces for up to two hours.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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There was an outbreak of a related hantavirus, Seoul virus, among people who owned pet Norway rats.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Like Monaghan, who was diagnosed with melanoma in 2007, White is also an advocate for skin health.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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In a landmark trial published in 2021, oncologists at several cancer centers across the U.S. and in Israel gave fecal transplants to 10 patients with metastatic melanoma to try and improve their responses to PD-1 inhibitors.—
David Cox,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Since then, the levels have been adjusted to a maximum of 0.7 ppm or 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water, which is considered optimal for preventing tooth decay.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Weak or absent pulse Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Some people with severe arterial blockages develop chronic limb-threatening ischemia (insufficient blood flow), which can cause severe, constant pain, gangrene (tissue decay), and even limb loss (amputation).—
Alicen Nelson MD,
Verywell Health,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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He was diagnosed in early 2023 at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Park with an aggressive form of bladder cancer known as muscle-invasive high-grade urothelial carcinoma after noticing blood in his urine.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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In her blog, Greenwood explained that on September 12, 2024, she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma — a type of breast cancer that originates in the milk ducts and spreads to the surrounding tissue — after a mass was discovered on her right breast.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Germans are turning their backs on Tesla in record numbers, and arguably the only possible way for the rot to stop, or at least slow down, is for Musk to distance himself from Tesla and hand over the CEO position to someone else.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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This outrageously misguided spending reveals a deep rot within our foreign aid system.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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