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The law is named for Deb Robertson, a former social worker from Lombard who had an aggressive case of neuroendocrine carcinoma.
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin is a type of cancer that starts as a growth of cells on the skin.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Tattooed participants had higher risks of skin cancers — including melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma — as well as lymphoma, with hazards rising further for tattoos larger than a palm.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
Eggert's doctors diagnosed her with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer in early December 2023.
—Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin is a type of cancer that starts as a growth of cells on the skin.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Tattooed participants had higher risks of skin cancers — including melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma — as well as lymphoma, with hazards rising further for tattoos larger than a palm.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
Eggert's doctors diagnosed her with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer in early December 2023.
—Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcinoma
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And while treatments have improved dramatically, the long-term consequences — cardiotoxicity, neuropathy, second malignancies, metabolic disruption — threaten the very longevity patients hope to gain.—
Gilberto Lopes,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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An effective treatment for pancreatic cancer would represent a major advance against one of the most lethal malignancies.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
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Treatments that have been effective on melanoma or lung cancer have mostly failed in pancreatic cancer.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Buchwald and his colleagues are in the process of enrolling patients in a similar randomized trial that will test the timing theory on immunotherapy for melanoma patients.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Since Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 65, the Seahawks and NBA’s Trail Blazers have been owned by his sister, Jody.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Since Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 65, the Seahawks and NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers have been owned by his sister, Jody.—
Andrew Destin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Ellen Rudolph’s home was damaged in the Palisades fire and then her husband died of cancer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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The teenager was undergoing cancer treatment and had been home visiting her family for the weekend when her father, Ruben Torres Maldonado, was arrested in October 2025 at a Home Depot store in suburban Chicago, a GoFundMe page set up for the family states.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Midway through his presidency in 1985, after doctors discovered a benign polyp and traces of blood during routine tests, Reagan was advised to avoid rare steak and other red meats.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Jangouk doesn't recommend the blood or stool test because of the rates of false positives and false negatives and the chances of missing a precancerous polyp.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Carcinoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcinoma. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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