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Of course, not everyone who has irregular periods or no periods at all will get this or any other type of cancer.
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Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Colorectal cancer is one of 17 different types of cancer rising for Gen X and Millennials, according to American Cancer Society research published earlier this year.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Among the latest victims was a 70-year-old woman whose body was found more than seven miles from her house.
BREAKFAST BROWSE
Health battle for ‘Dawson’s Creek’ alum
James Van Der Beek has revealed that he’s being treated for colorectal cancer.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Summit Therapeutics Summit Therapeutics jumped into the large-stock ranks this year, septupling on hopes for its new cancer drug ivonescrimab.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Colorectal cancer is one of 17 different types of cancer rising for Gen X and Millennials, according to American Cancer Society research published earlier this year.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Among the latest victims was a 70-year-old woman whose body was found more than seven miles from her house.
BREAKFAST BROWSE
Health battle for ‘Dawson’s Creek’ alum
James Van Der Beek has revealed that he’s being treated for colorectal cancer.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Summit Therapeutics Summit Therapeutics jumped into the large-stock ranks this year, septupling on hopes for its new cancer drug ivonescrimab.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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Monitor and treat chronic conditions: Conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, liver disease, or kidney disease can affect ferritin levels.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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This condition increases your dog's risk of developing diseases such as diabetes and pancreatitis, which can be fatal for your pup.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Besides prostate cancer, Johnson battled non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2003—winning that war too.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Then, in 2004, Mathews’s dad died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of 59.Eileen Finan, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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Most of the mature chestnut trees had vanished — the victim of canker fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
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Even if the person never feels ill, that worker should be tested and given the antiviral drug Tamiflu to reduce their risk of ever developing symptoms or passing the virus to close contacts.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Trump faced heavy criticism for downplaying the virus, promoting unproven remedies and clashing with his own health experts, most notably Dr. Anthony Fauci.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Nivolumab, sold under the brand name Opdivo, has been approved by the FDA to be included in treatment regimens for many other types of cancer, including small cell lung cancer, melanoma and urothelial carcinoma.Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Mural Oncology is positioned to address large unmet medical needs in PROC and mucosal melanoma, two indications with limited therapeutic options.Joe Cornell, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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More than half of Californians and nearly 75% of U.S. residents live in communities where fluoride has been added to drinking water to prevent tooth decay, an intervention hailed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as one of the 20th century’s greatest public health achievements.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adding low levels of fluoride to drinking water is widely considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century for its role in preventing tooth decay.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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My breast cancer was an estrogen receptor ductal carcinoma.Dominique Fluker, Essence, 23 Oct. 2024
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The emergency biopsy yielded in March 2022 a diagnosis of a stage 2 invasive mammary carcinoma, an aggressive form of breast cancer.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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The Apprentice suggests that Cohn hastened whatever rot was already present in his protégé, but its early scenes portray the opposite—that Trump, at his core, was simply naive.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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The material resists rust and rot, unlike metal or wood.Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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