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Amgen is conducting a Phase 1b trial of its treatment for small cell lung carcinoma.
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Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
Carlson, 68, died of renal cell carcinoma on April 21 at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, said Marcy Carlson, his wife of almost 44 years.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
This clinical trial is targeting clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of kidney cancer.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
In 2012, the actor was at the peak of his career as a regular on NBC’s Parenthood, with a child of his own on the way, when his father, Dave Shepard, was diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
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Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
Carlson, 68, died of renal cell carcinoma on April 21 at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, said Marcy Carlson, his wife of almost 44 years.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
This clinical trial is targeting clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of kidney cancer.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
In 2012, the actor was at the peak of his career as a regular on NBC’s Parenthood, with a child of his own on the way, when his father, Dave Shepard, was diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcinoma
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And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who received a targeted pill from Revolution Medicines lived nearly twice as long as patients who received chemotherapy, a striking result in an especially deadly and intractable malignancy.—
Jason Mast,
STAT,
13 Apr. 2026
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In April, the FDA rejected Replimune’s drug candidate for melanoma a second time after an initial rejection in July.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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The company just had positive readouts from their melanoma trial in January and is expecting Phase 3 results from their non-small cell lung cancer study later this year.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
12 May 2026
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Using her blog, social media and strategically shot selfies, Amanda claimed to be battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, alternating between remission and relapses at least four times from 2012 to 2016.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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According to Coulier, recent scans and his overall prognosis are looking positive for both the carcinoma in his throat and the lymphoma.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
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Jason Collins, who combined with his brother, Jarron, to bring San Fernando Valley high school basketball to an unprecedented level during their days at Harvard-Westlake in the 1990s, died at the age of 47 because of brain cancer.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Individuals over the age of 60, and those with certain medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, and organ transplants are at greater risk for serious illness and rarely may progress to permanent neurological damage, coma, and death.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Critically, each feeding polyp sends its food to a common digestive system, so the entire colony feeds as one unified organism.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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One type of polyp handles feeding, extending above the sand and secreting a mucus net to capture small prey.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Carcinoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcinoma. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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