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Recent Examples of cancer
The conversation between them marks an emotional turning point — though Iceman delivers just a single line of dialogue due to an illness that eventually takes his life (Kilmer himself had trouble speaking after his battle with throat cancer).
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 May 2025
Scientists have been able to harness some of these proteins’ death-inducing properties to treat certain blood cancers.
—Paul McClure 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
The proposal would likely only impact certain drugs covered by Medicare and given in an office — think infusions that treat cancer, and other injectables.
—CBS News, 11 May 2025
In most cases, strains of HPV cause cervical cancer.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 May 2025
Scientists have been able to harness some of these proteins’ death-inducing properties to treat certain blood cancers.
—Paul McClure 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
The proposal would likely only impact certain drugs covered by Medicare and given in an office — think infusions that treat cancer, and other injectables.
—CBS News, 11 May 2025
In most cases, strains of HPV cause cervical cancer.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
Noun
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Besides being nuisances, many types carry diseases including West Nile virus, encephalitis, and canine heartworm.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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Minnesota newborns will soon be screened for a disease that can lead to delays in developmental milestones, regression of skills, seizures and in some cases death.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2025
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Peters was diagnosed with non Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1995, battling that form of cancer, as well as later being twice diagnosed with lymphocytic leukemia in 2005 and 2015.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
29 Apr. 2025
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What may be at stake are hundreds of thousands of cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which the American Cancer Society reports is one of the most common cancers in the United States.—
John Klar,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2025
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Symptoms include brown-ringed leaf spots, dark stem cankers or zones of dead/dying tissue, and eventually, the collapse of plants in entire sections of a mass grouping.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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The oldest stems, however, are also struggling, given they are affected by sooty bark canker, leaf spot and conk fungal disease.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The vaccine uses a live, weakened form of the virus to trigger immunity.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Probiotics may help fight and prevent respiratory infections by boosting the immune system and reducing the presence of harmful bacteria and viruses in the respiratory tract.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
12 May 2025
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Teddi Mellencamp has a positive health update after being diagnosed with multiple tumors in her brain, heart, and lungs that were metastases of melanoma.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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These include melanoma and a rare type called Merkel cell carcinoma.—
Casey Gallagher,
Health,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fluoride can stop early tooth decay by putting minerals back into enamel.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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The concern is not that AI is inherently detrimental, but rather the potential for its uncritical and pervasive use to lead to a form of agency decay – a diminished capacity for independent thought, problem-solving, and creative generation when the first and easiest solution is to defer to an AI.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The following month, she was diagnosed with triple-positive invasive ductal carcinoma, Stage 1b.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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These include melanoma and a rare type called Merkel cell carcinoma.—
Casey Gallagher,
Health,
15 Apr. 2025
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In addition to preserving the milk, formaldehyde also reportedly had a slightly sweet flavor, which helped improve the taste of rot, Blum explains.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
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After years of rot, a lone January window wasn’t going to infuse this United side with the tactical ethos needed to yield positive results.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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