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Recent Examples of cancer
After having already staved off throat cancer a decade prior, Dimon experienced an acute aortic dissection, or a tear in the inner layer of the body’s main artery, and had to rush to the hospital.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
When Brandon’s mother became sick with cancer, the couple moved to Loving County to help care for her.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Commonly used for water-, oil- and stain-resistance in textiles, some of the chemicals belonging to this class have been associated with negative health effects such as birth defects and cancer.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
The new study, which was published in JAMA Dermatology, isn’t the first to suggest that nicotinamide helps prevent skin cancer.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
When Brandon’s mother became sick with cancer, the couple moved to Loving County to help care for her.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Commonly used for water-, oil- and stain-resistance in textiles, some of the chemicals belonging to this class have been associated with negative health effects such as birth defects and cancer.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
The new study, which was published in JAMA Dermatology, isn’t the first to suggest that nicotinamide helps prevent skin cancer.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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Health experts have underscored that the best protection against the disease is the vaccine, either given alone or as part of a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot or a measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The immunizations in question are for school-aged children, protecting against infections and diseases like tetanus, polio, measles and whooping cough.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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Lymphoproliferative disorders are conditions that affect white blood cells, including cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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Sadly, shortly after season 1 wrapped, Andy was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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The plane trees that line the historic canal, once captured in the glow of childhood and sunlight, are now dying—devastated by an invasive fungal disease known as canker stain.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Symptoms include brown-ringed leaf spots, dark stem cankers or zones of dead/dying tissue, and eventually, the collapse of plants in entire sections of a mass grouping.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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When a spillover happens from animals to humans in any part of the world, when people travel, that virus can quickly spread.—
Alice Park,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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For many, the virus results in flu-like symptoms, such as a fever with headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or rash, per the CDC.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Treatment is aggressive, relying on immunotherapy rather than chemotherapy, which is largely ineffective against melanoma.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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These, along with melanoma, make up the three malignant skin cancers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Sep. 2025
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It is also naturally produced through the decay of other isotopes found in used nuclear fuel.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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The two manage to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, New York mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Sep. 2025
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Fishel, 44, revealed in 2024 that she was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Research shows drinking coffee may help protect against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common primary liver cancer.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
23 Sep. 2025
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Made from recyclable, all-weather polystyrene that is designed to last and never fade, the bench looks like real wood without the threat of rot and termites.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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