Examples of malignancy in a Sentence
the malignancy of the tumor
The test revealed a malignancy in the patient's chest.
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Cancers of the head and neck include malignancies affecting the mouth and throat (called the oral cavity and pharynx), the voice box (larynx), the sinuses and nasal cavities, and the salivary glands.
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Mikkael Sekeres, Washington Post, 18 May 2026
And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who received a targeted pill from Revolution Medicines lived nearly twice as long as patients who received chemotherapy, a striking result in an especially deadly and intractable malignancy.
—Jason Mast, STAT, 13 Apr. 2026
Her doctors are determining if the malignancy was caught early.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
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Mikkael Sekeres, Washington Post, 18 May 2026
And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who received a targeted pill from Revolution Medicines lived nearly twice as long as patients who received chemotherapy, a striking result in an especially deadly and intractable malignancy.
—Jason Mast, STAT, 13 Apr. 2026
Her doctors are determining if the malignancy was caught early.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malignancy. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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malignancy
noun
ma·lig·nan·cy
mə-ˈlig-nən-sē 
plural malignancies
1
: the quality or state of being malignant
2
: a malignant tumor
Medical Definition
malignancy
noun
ma·lig·nan·cy
mə-ˈlig-nən-sē
plural malignancies
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