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Recent Examples of cancers
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.
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Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
The test, which requires an in-person blood collection, screens for over 50 types of cancers by looking for DNA shed by specific cancer cells.
—Sara Braun, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
And among early-onset cancers, colorectal cancer hovers near the top of the list.
—Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
About 80% of breast cancers are the invasive ductal type, which occurs when cancer cells grow in the milk ducts and invade the surrounding breast tissue.
—Dr. Jamie Parkerson, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
The company’s ethos is centered on significantly shortening the drug discovery and development process, ultimately creating medicines to treat the most significant killers, starting with aggressive cancers like breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2025
Researchers at Indiana University and the University of Florida analyzed the incidence of 14 cancers in adults with obesity who were prescribed GLP-1s, comparing them to cancer rates in non-users.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Metastatic cancers, referred to as a Stage 4 cancer, are unpredictable even with treatment.
—Mark Tatge, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Hispanic and Latino women are a priority due to their higher incidence of aggressive cancers such as triple-negative breast cancer.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
The test, which requires an in-person blood collection, screens for over 50 types of cancers by looking for DNA shed by specific cancer cells.
—Sara Braun, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
And among early-onset cancers, colorectal cancer hovers near the top of the list.
—Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
About 80% of breast cancers are the invasive ductal type, which occurs when cancer cells grow in the milk ducts and invade the surrounding breast tissue.
—Dr. Jamie Parkerson, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
The company’s ethos is centered on significantly shortening the drug discovery and development process, ultimately creating medicines to treat the most significant killers, starting with aggressive cancers like breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2025
Researchers at Indiana University and the University of Florida analyzed the incidence of 14 cancers in adults with obesity who were prescribed GLP-1s, comparing them to cancer rates in non-users.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Metastatic cancers, referred to as a Stage 4 cancer, are unpredictable even with treatment.
—Mark Tatge, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Hispanic and Latino women are a priority due to their higher incidence of aggressive cancers such as triple-negative breast cancer.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancers
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According to the American Mosquito Control Association, mosquitoes are not only a nuisance but also a public health concern, capable of carrying diseases like West Nile virus.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The process of pruning involves removing dead, diseased, damaged, or crossing branches that can attract pests and be an entryway for diseases.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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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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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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There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Cancers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancers. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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