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Recent Examples of cancer
This is on par with severe heart disease, type 1 diabetes, HIV, and cancer – all lethal and fatal if left untreated.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Her team worked to rule out causes like multiple sclerosis or cancer, which Rusty says seemed like worst-case scenarios at the time.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
This is on par with severe heart disease, type 1 diabetes, HIV, and cancer — all lethal and fatal if left untreated.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Turnbull has undergone surgery for prostate cancer, which would be a sympathetic predicament if not for the fact that his entire hideous self seems to reside in his genitals and their gratification.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Her team worked to rule out causes like multiple sclerosis or cancer, which Rusty says seemed like worst-case scenarios at the time.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
This is on par with severe heart disease, type 1 diabetes, HIV, and cancer — all lethal and fatal if left untreated.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Turnbull has undergone surgery for prostate cancer, which would be a sympathetic predicament if not for the fact that his entire hideous self seems to reside in his genitals and their gratification.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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Raw milk has not been pasteurized — a process that heats milk to remove disease-causing germs.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The researchers found that targeting this network with brain-stimulating treatments could better alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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The comedian initially thought the two cancers were linked, believing chemotherapy to treat the lymphoma compromised his immune system.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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The actor believed the tumor was caused by his lymphoma, but later found out the two cancers were unrelated.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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This damages the trunk and leaves an ugly, elongated canker that invites insects and stresses the tree, leading to stunted growth, sparse foliage, and stem dieback.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2026
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Bacterial plant diseases include speck (a winter-surviving infection that attacks tomatoes), canker (which damages fruit trees including those producing apples and peaches), and blight (which rots melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, beans, and more).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Jan. 2026
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In severe cases, the virus can attack parts of the brain that control basic life functions like eye movement, heart rate and blood pressure, causing permanent damage.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Carried by fruit bats and animals such as pigs, the virus can cause fever and brain inflammation.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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The market potential for the vaccine – expected to be priced around $200,000 – could be many billions of dollars in peak sales for melanoma alone, according to Jefferies research featured by Reuters.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Teddi first revealed in March 2022 that she had been diagnosed with Stage 2 melanoma.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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The most visible sign of this decay is the toxic white foam that now coats the surface, a thick layer of sewage and industrial waste that has formed over sections of the river.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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Infrastructure decay is perhaps the most visible symptom.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Interferon-alpha is already being used to treat conditions like chronic hepatitis B and C, hairy cell leukemia, Kaposi sarcoma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, renal cell carcinoma, melanomas and genital warts.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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She was diagnosed with Stage 0 skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ, meaning that the cancer was on top of her skin and hadn't spread yet.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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Sharp Objects uses a murder mystery to excavate the rot at the core of a Missouri town whose mythology glorifies the Confederacy.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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The cabin smelled of rot and wood smoke.—
Nick Dothée,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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