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Recent Examples of cancers
In promising trials, new immunotherapies cured cancers, and the search for cancer vaccines advanced.
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Time Staff, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
The team is exploring how this treatment could impact other cancers, such as triple-negative breast cancer.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Since rectal and colon cancers are similar in many ways, they're often referred to together as colorectal cancer.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Yosemite focuses on the whole gamut of cancers, from colon cancer, which is often caught early and is treatable, to pancreatic cancer, which is largely a death sentence.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Until now, the research primarily focused on human cancers, with the dogs being able to identify ovarian and pancreatic cancer.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Is there a world in which, given that mammograms miss up to one in eight cancers, mammograms are not the first step, and cancer detection enters the home?
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Jan. 2026
Some of the biggest improvements have happened in the more fatal cancers that are rising in women, like liver cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma, Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, chief patient officer at ACS, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Jan. 2026
People who have or have had reproductive cancers, such as breast cancer or ovarian cancer, and those who have a history of blood clots should not take them, Santoro says.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Time Staff, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
The team is exploring how this treatment could impact other cancers, such as triple-negative breast cancer.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Since rectal and colon cancers are similar in many ways, they're often referred to together as colorectal cancer.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Yosemite focuses on the whole gamut of cancers, from colon cancer, which is often caught early and is treatable, to pancreatic cancer, which is largely a death sentence.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Until now, the research primarily focused on human cancers, with the dogs being able to identify ovarian and pancreatic cancer.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Is there a world in which, given that mammograms miss up to one in eight cancers, mammograms are not the first step, and cancer detection enters the home?
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Jan. 2026
Some of the biggest improvements have happened in the more fatal cancers that are rising in women, like liver cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma, Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, chief patient officer at ACS, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Jan. 2026
People who have or have had reproductive cancers, such as breast cancer or ovarian cancer, and those who have a history of blood clots should not take them, Santoro says.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancers
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This exam enables the doctor to detect early signs of these diseases and prescribe appropriate treatments at their earliest stages.—
Mark Ryan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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Dane went on to advocate for legislation addressing research on neurodegenerative diseases.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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All the vaccines available for children this year protect against three different influenza viruses (two A viruses and one B virus).—
Dr. Kristina Bryant,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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And a third found that the medication may have a broader antiviral effect against other respiratory viruses, including the influenza virus.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The files have become yet another data point suggesting a deep rot inside of many American institutions.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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The league needed to know how deep the rot went.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Cancers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancers. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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