CANCER Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

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Recent Examples of cancer On Kalshi, users can currently bet on whether a weight-loss medication and a breast cancer treatment will be approved by federal regulators and on what date. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026 Flo Anthony, an entertainment journalist known for being the first Black woman to work for the New York Post’s entertainment and Page Six departments, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. — Matt Minton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Four years ago, my husband, Dean Skylar, a lifelong tennis player, was diagnosed with cancer. — Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Does the advancement hold promise for medical advances to, say, treat cancer? — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cancer

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The study’s findings also highlight the need for physicians to be alert to early signs of disease and consider blood pressure treatment, even in younger people, according to Freeman.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Etzel noted that the order makes several significant changes, which include reducing the number of diseases targeted by childhood vaccines and separating the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine into individual shots.

— Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026

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The two were wed in 1997 and remained married for 26 years while raising three children together before Crystal was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma back in 2015.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Her doctors then performed surgery on a lymph node to test it and found Hodgkin lymphoma within the cells from the biopsy.

— Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026

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Monitor for Pests and Disease Healthy plants are better at surviving heat stress than plants that are already weakened, so keep an eye on your tomato plants throughout the growing season for common pests, like tomato hornworm, and diseases, such as early or late blight, white mold, and canker.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 30 May 2026
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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Whether health workers like Kayimpa receive that support could determine how many remain on the front line, fighting to keep patients alive and contain the virus.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Health care officials said that most people who become infected with the virus don't show symptoms, but approximately 20% of people will develop fever and may get headaches, body aches, nausea, tiredness and sometimes a skin rash.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

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Just look at the case reports of people injecting themselves with melanotan and then having their moles subsequently get darker or even developing melanoma.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband Brandon Blackstock died one year ago on August 7, 2025, at the age of 48 from melanoma.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of melanoma

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Voyager 2 and its twin launched in 1977, called Voyager 1, rely on a form of nuclear battery known as a radioisotope thermoelectric generator that uses the heat produced by the decay of plutonium.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Tritium undergoes radioactive decay, emitting particles that can degrade porous materials over time.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

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During this same period, I was also treated for basal cell carcinoma on my face.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 July 2026
In addition to Parkinson’s, Simon also revealed that she was previously diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer, and underwent surgery for it amid her Parkinson’s treatment.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 27 July 2026

Definition of carcinoma

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Now the rot is right there on the surface; the people smiling are less likely to be clueless optimists than the people who are happy about the rot, or profiting from it.

— Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Joe is a knowing witness to and participant in the rot at the heart of Western Civilization.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026

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