Recent Examples on the WebFortunately, the cancers found in 30- and 40-something women were mostly early, curable tumors, said Ahmedin Jemal, senior author of the new report and the cancer society’s senior vice president for surveillance and health equity science.—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024 Set aside plague altogether, which modern hygiene and medicine have rendered rare and curable across most of the world, and rats are still carriers of dozens of diseases with the potential to spill over to humans.—WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023 Tuberculosis, which is preventable and curable, has reclaimed the title of the world’s leading infectious disease killer, after being supplanted from its long reign by Covid-19.—Stephanie Nolen Natalija Gormalova, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023 Fifteen crucial drugs—the kind that can render cancers curable—have been out of stock in hospitals for months.—Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2023 Malaria is a life-threatening though curable disease primarily transmitted through bites of certain mosquitoes.—Niha Masih, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023 Both infections are curable, but if left untreated can trigger serious long-term effects, including infertility.—Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 Nov. 2023 While tuberculosis can cause serious illness and, in some cases, even be fatal, the disease is treatable and curable with medication.—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023 His cancer was considered curable because his metastases were limited to two tumors in his liver that were surgically resected, along with the primary tumor, with clear margins.—Mara Buchbinder, STAT, 29 Oct. 2023
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