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Recent Examples of melanoma
In one example, hospitals bought a drug commonly used to treat melanoma for an average of $8,000 but billed the state $21,512.
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Ellen Gabler, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Acral melanoma, in particular, is a subset of melanoma that grows on the palms and soles.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
In 2022, Mellencamp revealed she'd been diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma and has had ongoing treatment to remove the skin cancer.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
The charter captain and Below Deck Down Under star recently spoke to PEOPLE about being diagnosed with melanoma in December after noticing changes in a sunspot on his left side.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Ellen Gabler, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Acral melanoma, in particular, is a subset of melanoma that grows on the palms and soles.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
In 2022, Mellencamp revealed she'd been diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma and has had ongoing treatment to remove the skin cancer.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
The charter captain and Below Deck Down Under star recently spoke to PEOPLE about being diagnosed with melanoma in December after noticing changes in a sunspot on his left side.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melanoma
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Autopsies can catch hereditary illnesses that doctors tend to miss, such as signet-ring-cell carcinomas, and reveal causes of dementia that may have been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.—
Samuel Ashworth,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
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In some cases, metformin users saw a significantly lower risk of squamous cell carcinoma, but that reduction was not significant in African American patients.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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Mere weeks later, her oldest son, Santiago, was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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However, common symptoms of dying from lymphoma include extreme fatigue, breathing changes, and loss of appetite.—
Gagandeep Brar,
Verywell Health,
28 Feb. 2025
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Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer when compared to White women.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Interventions to reduce cancer risk In addition to helping firefighters understand and predict their cancer risk, the Wildfire Conservancy is studying interventions that can be put in place now.—
John Bonifield,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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Liquid biopsies must detect cancer early, differentiate between malignancies and avoid the pitfalls of false positives and negatives.—
Mariya Filipova,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Just as with labels on cigarettes, America's top doctor is calling for cancer risk warnings on alcohol after a report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to more than a half-dozen malignancies, including breast cancer.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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The benefit of the colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy over the CT colonography is that if a precancerous polyp is seen, it could be removed during the procedure to prevent it from developing into cancer in the future.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The polyps have a high likelihood of becoming colon cancer by the time these patients reach their mid to late 40s, but the screening rate is the lowest among people in this age group.—
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Melanoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melanoma. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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