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Recent Examples of cancer
How does a liquid biopsy detect cancer?
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Now researchers from Japan's Okayama University of Science have found another way bitter taste receptors function in cancer cells.
—New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2025
The potential to help cancer patients is profound.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025
Joe also kicked off the performance by holding up a placard for their dad, Kevin Jonas Sr., who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2017.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Now researchers from Japan's Okayama University of Science have found another way bitter taste receptors function in cancer cells.
—New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2025
The potential to help cancer patients is profound.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025
Joe also kicked off the performance by holding up a placard for their dad, Kevin Jonas Sr., who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2017.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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The result is a hybrid system capable of autonomously targeting and treating disease sites with minimal disruption.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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As Hoffine noted, hunger often kills not just through starvation, but by weakening immune systems to the point where people can't fight off disease.—
Nurith Aizenman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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While there are ways to treat follicular lymphoma, The Cleveland Clinic notes that there is currently no cure.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The isotopes can remain in the environment years after testing, afflicting those exposed with cancers including lung, leukemia, lymphoma, thyroid and breast, the paper says.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Fungal disease, butternut canker, wiped out about 90% of the state's butternut trees.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Camellia dieback and canker disease is characterized by sudden wilting and yellowing of the foliage and die-back of branch tips.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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They were expanded in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow more Americans to gain access to insurance as the economy grappled with the fallout of the virus.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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After the virus spreads, the world is utterly at peace.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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In fact, Nussbaum says that pilots and cabin crew experience about twice the incidence of melanoma as the general population.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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The majority of melanoma cases are attributable to UV exposure.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Keep the mulch at least two inches away from woody stems to prevent decay and disease.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Tyranids represent man's fear of the natural world, nature's inexorable ability to overwhelm, decay, and devour all of man's greatest works.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Lobular breast cancer is the second most common form of breast cancer, but remains far less recognized than its counterpart, ductal carcinoma.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The biopsy confirmed ductal carcinoma.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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In 2025, protesters were not just rejecting oligarchic rot, but also reaffirming their long-standing frustration over India’s role in sustaining it.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Where Tom is the satirical end point of corporate America’s moral rot, Guiteau is like his spiritual predecessor, a 19th-century American striver so intoxicated by the promise of self-making that rejection feels like cosmic betrayal.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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