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Recent Examples of carcinoma
My breast cancer was an estrogen receptor ductal carcinoma.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 23 Oct. 2024
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
The cases ranged from ductal carcinoma in situ, a non-invasive stage zero breast cancer, to stage 3 invasive breast cancers.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
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Cancer
Doctors Blamed Menopause for My Symptoms for a Year.
—Amy Norton, SELF, 19 July 2024
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 23 Oct. 2024
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
The cases ranged from ductal carcinoma in situ, a non-invasive stage zero breast cancer, to stage 3 invasive breast cancers.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
Basal cell carcinoma Basal cell carcinoma Getty Images Most Popular
Cancer
Doctors Blamed Menopause for My Symptoms for a Year.
—Amy Norton, SELF, 19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcinoma
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Mustang Bio's pipeline focuses on CAR T therapies for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, with ongoing collaborations with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and City of Hope.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Suspicion of malignancy: If imaging raises concerns about the potential for cancer, surgical removal is often recommended to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment.Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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This breakthrough approach has become an invaluable therapeutic for several advanced forms of cancer, including melanoma and Hodgkin lymphoma.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Following his diagnosis, Carter’s melanoma was treated with immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab, which had only been FDA-approved the previous year.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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Doctors in North Carolina, where her husband had been working in construction, had just given him a diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
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So far, 20 hospitals around the country are using Valar Labs’ software, and next up for the company is training its models to analyze other types of cancer, such as pancreatic cancer and lymphoma.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Very high-risk relapsed means the cancer goes into remission after treatment.Mark Tatge, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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From 2011 to 2019, incidence of colon cancer fell by about 1% annually, mainly among older adults.Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Early versions of the disease begin as noncancerous forms called polyps.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
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For those eligible for health screenings like a colonoscopy, physicians could catch and remove precancerous polyps in addition to checking for cancer already present.David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Carcinoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcinoma. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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