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Recent Examples of carcinoma
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.
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Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
The law is named for Deb Robertson, a former social worker from Lombard who had an aggressive case of neuroendocrine carcinoma.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
The Food and Drug Administration cautions people with personal or family history of a rare form of thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid carcinoma, against taking certain GLP-1 medications.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 8 Dec. 2025
Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin is usually not life-threatening, the Mayo Clinic said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
The law is named for Deb Robertson, a former social worker from Lombard who had an aggressive case of neuroendocrine carcinoma.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
The Food and Drug Administration cautions people with personal or family history of a rare form of thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid carcinoma, against taking certain GLP-1 medications.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 8 Dec. 2025
Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin is usually not life-threatening, the Mayo Clinic said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcinoma
Noun
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Her doctors are determining if the malignancy was caught early.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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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
Noun
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The melanoma was determined to be terminal two years ago after spreading to his liver and lungs.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
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Mellencamp Arroyave has undergone a public battle with melanoma after being diagnosed in 2022.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
24 Feb. 2026
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Jackie lived in the home up until her 1994 death, which followed a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.—
Elle Meier,
InStyle,
4 Mar. 2026
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Julie Ascen has been battling MALT lymphoma for nearly a year.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The singer died following a battle with brain cancer.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Martínez's told the Times that his wife, Cuéllar, has colon cancer.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 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 12 Mar. 2026.
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