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Recent Examples of cancer
The event also raised funds for the Center for Food Equity in Medicine, a nonprofit addressing food insecurity among individuals with cancer and other life-altering illnesses.
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Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Conway told fans on social media in 2023 that he’d successfully been treated for pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
Using a machine learning model to project future trends, the team found that the mortality gap between the two types of cancer is widening across every demographic.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Sarah Zhang recently wrote a story on this kind of cancer as a staff writer at The Atlantic.
—Emily Kwong, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
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Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Conway told fans on social media in 2023 that he’d successfully been treated for pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
Using a machine learning model to project future trends, the team found that the mortality gap between the two types of cancer is widening across every demographic.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Sarah Zhang recently wrote a story on this kind of cancer as a staff writer at The Atlantic.
—Emily Kwong, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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The proposal would burden doctors with giving parents a highly detailed consent statement to be prepared by boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, and forbid health authorities to order vaccinations during outbreaks of familiar or new deadly diseases.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Overall, about half of children with the disease are infected during birth, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said, while others caught it from family members.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 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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AstraZeneca is conducting a Phase 2 trial of its combination therapy for patients with an aggressive form of lymphoma.—
Lizzy Lawrence,
STAT,
28 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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Because the virus is so contagious, lingering in air for up to two hours after a person leaves the room, high vaccination coverage in an area, more than 95%, is needed to stop it from spreading.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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In a phone interview, Williams, the Kalesta co-founder, said Darby’s death occurred during the most challenging point of the covid pandemic, when California rules required any nurses testing positive for the virus to be sent home and nurses were quitting out of fear for their health.—
Jordan Rau,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Like the vaccine that helped Blechner, Merck and Moderna’s melanoma treatment is personalized, meaning an individual patient’s tumor cells are used to engineer a highly specific immune response.—
Caleb Hellerman,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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McEntire was a stepmother to Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, who died in August 2025, years after being diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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In detectors filled with liquid argon, the decay of this isotope creates signals that can look deceptively similar to the ones scientists are searching for.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Some formulas can remove surface stains caused by coffee, smoking or wine, while others address tougher stains caused by decay, age or genetics.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Her official diagnosis was progesterone and estrogen-positive, HER2-negative invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), which is the most common form of breast cancer, accounting for 80% of all breast cancer diagnoses, according to John Hopkins Medicine.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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This clinical trial is targeting clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of kidney cancer.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Drainage issues can also lead to moisture problems and wood rot.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
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Roborock Robot Vacuum and Mop Deal The Roborock Qrevo is for the elite couch-rot enthusiasts, featuring 8,000Pa HyperForce suction and an all-in-one dock that empties the dust, refills the water, and even washes and dries the mopping pads.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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