How to Use tumor in a Sentence

tumor

noun
  • In 70% of the cases the initial tumor can be removed, and it is cured.
    Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The mix turned out to be a soup of free-floating lymphoma cells that were shed by the tumor.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This could be a key to their longevity and avoidance of tumors.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
  • One of the major crises of his life was the diagnosis of a brain tumor back in 1986.
    Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The cause was a glioblastoma brain tumor, said her husband, James Biber.
    Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
  • A number of the songs were written the day Seaborn’s tumor was discovered.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 May 2023
  • The man, named Mo, had died from complications of a brain tumor.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The disease had taken root in her colon and spread to her liver, coating it in tumors.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In the active monitoring group, 9% of the tumors had spread, compared to half that many in the treatment groups.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • This syndrome can cause endocrine glands to grow tumors on them.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Scans revealed Miller had an eight-centimeter-wide tumor on the right side of his brain.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Her husband, the architect James Biber, said the cause was a glioblastoma brain tumor.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The president's eldest son, Beau, died from a brain tumor.
    Kevin McGill, ajc, 11 Mar. 2023
  • After my son got a brain tumor, his treatment left him unable to speak.
    Rob Delaney, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The tumor, which was the size of a football, was eventually removed.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Untreated, the tumor would first blind her, then slowly kill her.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • This common malignant tumor arises in the cerebellum, a part of the brain located at the base of the skull.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Three-quarters of the participants had had their brain tumors come back at least twice.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
  • This can happen with special force if a tumor has rendered the skull overstuffed.
    Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • In 2017, Doyle died from complications of a brain tumor.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Ralph Lauren was diagnosed with a brain tumor back in 1986.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The small bowel can also be blocked internally by a mass, such as a tumor, Shah said.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 19 July 2023
  • In 2018, he was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer known as an extramedullary myeloid tumor.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 19 July 2023
  • Gretchen Rossi has revealed her fiancé's son, Grayson, has died after battling a brain tumor for more than a decade.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • With this treatment, doctors will remove tissue from the patient’s tumors and then take its immune cells and grow them in the lab.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
  • She’s been through one major surgery to remove the tumor, and several biopsies.
    Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In adults, a variety of injuries to the brain, including stroke or brain tumors, can cause apraxia.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The drug’s side effects can include nausea and diarrhea, and it was proven to cause thyroid C-cell tumors in rats.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Funds would be used to help pay for chemotherapy and surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, which had spread to his liver.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In a heartfelt note to fans on Friday, the beloved singer shared that he was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and will be taking a break from the stage.
    Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024

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