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Recent Examples of cancer
Breast cancer risk Antiperspirants use aluminum salts to block underarm sweat.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
The 10×60-minute series is based on a true story and is co-written with Marie-Ève Perron, also starring as Agathe, who loses her breasts, her partner and job after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
—Jennie Punter, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
These same rights belong to those suffering from advanced cancer, heart disease or other terminal conditions.
—Robert S. Olick, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Radvinsky died of cancer, the company said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
The 10×60-minute series is based on a true story and is co-written with Marie-Ève Perron, also starring as Agathe, who loses her breasts, her partner and job after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
—Jennie Punter, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
These same rights belong to those suffering from advanced cancer, heart disease or other terminal conditions.
—Robert S. Olick, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Radvinsky died of cancer, the company said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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Burning coal produces fine particles that lodge deep in the lungs and bloodstream, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and chronic respiratory disease, according to the World Health Organization.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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Houry points to recent public health threats caused by vaccine preventable diseases, on which Kennedy has not given the typical response of promoting vaccines.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
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Dance writer Steven Vargas penned an interesting profile of choreographer Jacob Jonas and how his battle with Stage 4 lymphoma deepened his connection to his craft.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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These include types of leukemia and lymphoma.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 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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Treating canker diseases can be difficult, but proper care and watering can help.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
5 Mar. 2026
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Currently, scientists must predict which strains of flu virus will be prevalent in the coming season months in advance.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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There, the cells were cultured and injected with a virus that carries the gene that LAD-1 patients are missing, Kohn said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Those who use tanning beds before the age of 20 have a nearly 50% higher risk of melanoma - the deadliest form of skin cancer - according to one major analysis.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
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Before then, it was thought that indoor tanners were about 75% percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors, and that just one session in a tanning bed could increase the risk by 20 percent.—
Tori Crowther,
Allure,
19 Mar. 2026
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If a single atom of that sample decays, the vial breaks, and the cat dies.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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The universe, however, consists of matter but almost no antimatter, which exists naturally only in small quantities, created by radioactive decay and cosmic ray collisions.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Jose was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a serious and potentially aggressive cancer.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2026
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She was also diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma in her 20s before getting diagnosed again decades later with squamous cell cancer—a form of skin cancer—that took two surgeries to remove.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
15 Mar. 2026
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But they are increasingly undermined by colleagues who have traded the reporter’s notebook for an activist’s megaphone, and that rot has worked its way into the core of some of the largest newsrooms in the country.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2026
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Possible diseases include powdery mildew, blight, crown rot, leaf gall, root rot, leaf spot, and rust.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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