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The Post won the feature photography prize, for a visual essay on a family welcoming a firstborn as the child’s father grappled with terminal cancer.
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Jennifer Peltz, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026
Half of the proceeds went to the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute, directly benefit cancer patients and families across Connecticut.
—Hartford Healthcare, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
Allen and Ngon, in fact, had crossed paths years earlier, long before cancer entered the picture.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Celcuity — Shares of the clinical-stage biotech company jumped nearly 18% after upbeat results from its phase 3 study for use of gedatolisib with hormone-blocking treatments for advanced breast cancer.
—Christina Cheddar Berk,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 4 May 2026
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Jennifer Peltz, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026
Half of the proceeds went to the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute, directly benefit cancer patients and families across Connecticut.
—Hartford Healthcare, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
Allen and Ngon, in fact, had crossed paths years earlier, long before cancer entered the picture.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Celcuity — Shares of the clinical-stage biotech company jumped nearly 18% after upbeat results from its phase 3 study for use of gedatolisib with hormone-blocking treatments for advanced breast cancer.
—Christina Cheddar Berk,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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Hantavirus disease is considered rare, with 890 cases reported in the United States between 1993 and 2023.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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In 2024, for example, more than 700 newborns died from spontaneous bleeding in their brains, which could have been complicated by liver disease or prematurity.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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Not long after, Allen, now 31, was diagnosed with Stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system that affects infection-fighting white blood cells called lymphocytes, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Durnell says decades of Roundup use caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Diseases to look out for in dragon fruit include stem canker, stem soft rot, Bipolaris cactivora (which causes rapid black-brown spotting on fruit and stems), and Anthracnose (which causes reddish-brown, sunken-in spots on stems and fruit).—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
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Vines growing on the trunk and branches can hide structural damage or potential hazards like a canker or decayed section of a branch or the trunk.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Measles symptoms typically appear seven to 14 days after contact with the virus and often include high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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On the one hand, the virus ensures that nothing will ever be the same again.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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In its early stages, melanoma skin cancer is highly treatable, with a greater than 99 percent survival rate.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
2 May 2026
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Mellencamp was first diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — in 2022.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Decadence is sensuality and impotence, opulence and decay.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The human brain’s neurons experience similar modes of decay, and so, too, do our downstream behaviors.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Shannon fought her former son-in-law Michael Cardwell for custody of Kaitlyn after Anna died in December 2023 from stage 4 adrenal carcinoma.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Amgen is conducting a Phase 1b trial of its treatment for small cell lung carcinoma.—
Lizzy Lawrence,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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Wet soil after rain can lead to seed rot or fungal issues, making reseeding necessary.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
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Constantly soggy soil suffocates roots and invites rot — the plant equivalent of trench foot.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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