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Recent Examples of cyst
Doctors were able to remove that cyst and the middleweight contender is likely far better off without the cyst in his mouth.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
In another, the bot mistook a mammogram of a benign breast cyst for an image of testicles.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
As a breast imaging specialist, Chen uses ultrasounds to focus on a specific area of concern and to determine if a lump is a benign cyst or a solid mass that requires further investigation.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 12 Sep. 2024
For Nancy, the doctor called with good news — the lump is a cyst, not a tumor.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
In another, the bot mistook a mammogram of a benign breast cyst for an image of testicles.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
As a breast imaging specialist, Chen uses ultrasounds to focus on a specific area of concern and to determine if a lump is a benign cyst or a solid mass that requires further investigation.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 12 Sep. 2024
For Nancy, the doctor called with good news — the lump is a cyst, not a tumor.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyst
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However, popping Montgomery tubercles may cause infections.Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 26 May 2023
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Well, Montgomery tubercles can appear a lot like those bumps.Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 26 May 2023
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Lay out the whole story, warts and all. Billionaire Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is a model of straight talk in all his business dealings.Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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As the uptight and upright body guard, Costner is well-cast, plowing straight ahead with all his character’s ticks and warts.Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 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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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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Last year, the James Bess Foundation — an organization that helps to grant the wishes of adults facing terminal illnesses — detailed the wish of a 65-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with a Stage 4 form of lung cancer called small cell carcinoma.Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 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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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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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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“Cyst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyst. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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