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Recent Examples of cancer
The cause was a form of brain cancer, glioblastoma, Today host Savannah Guthrie told viewers.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Prostate cancer is by far the most common cancer diagnosis among men.
—Pradheep J. Shanker, National Review, 23 May 2025
The cancer has a low survival rate, with approximately 40% survival in the first year post-diagnosis and 17% in the second year.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 23 May 2025
Late Mom 'Happy Heavenly Birthday' 9 Months After Her Death from Cancer
In February 2024, Dever announced in an Instagram post that her mother, Kathy, died after a 14-year battle with metastatic breast cancer.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 12 May 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Prostate cancer is by far the most common cancer diagnosis among men.
—Pradheep J. Shanker, National Review, 23 May 2025
The cancer has a low survival rate, with approximately 40% survival in the first year post-diagnosis and 17% in the second year.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 23 May 2025
Late Mom 'Happy Heavenly Birthday' 9 Months After Her Death from Cancer
In February 2024, Dever announced in an Instagram post that her mother, Kathy, died after a 14-year battle with metastatic breast cancer.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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The Mayo Clinic says the disease is most often diagnosed when people are in their mid-60s.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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The fungal disease does not spread from person to person, according to the CDC.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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But after going through six months of chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma, which forced him to put his life on hold, Appel wanted to do something to get his life back on track.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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Then, in May 2023, he was notified that he had been identified as a match for a Hodgkin’s lymphoma patient.—
Tashan Reed,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Symptoms include brown-ringed leaf spots, dark stem cankers or zones of dead/dying tissue, and eventually, the collapse of plants in entire sections of a mass grouping.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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The oldest stems, however, are also struggling, given they are affected by sooty bark canker, leaf spot and conk fungal disease.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Probiotics may help fight and prevent respiratory infections by boosting the immune system and reducing the presence of harmful bacteria and viruses in the respiratory tract.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
12 May 2025
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The vaccine uses a live, weakened form of the virus to trigger immunity.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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These may be an early sign of skin cancer, including pigmented basal cell carcinoma and cutaneous melanoma.—
Catherine Moyer,
Verywell Health,
22 May 2025
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In Jimmy Carter's case, transparency about melanoma that had spread to his brain in 2015, as well as his fervent religious faith and subsequent recovery from the dreaded disease, only made the former president seem heroic.—
Barbara A. Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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The structure’s decay was captured in numerous photos, and demolition seemed imminent when the decision was made to rebuild it in conjunction with the new Power & Light District.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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The American manufacturing sector is reviving after decades of decay.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
13 May 2025
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Clear cell renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, making up about 80 percent of all renal cell carcinoma cases, according to the National Cancer Institute.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2025
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Instead, she was referred to a hospital, where a biopsy diagnosed her with squamous cell carcinoma.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The anticipation of a world grown stale, the rot of what America had left behind ever ready to encroach, was of a piece with the puritan hunger for utopia.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Not Fun For Everyone But for all its creative energy, the Italian brain rot meme has its critics.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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