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carcinoma

noun

Definition of carcinoma

as in malignancy

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Recent Examples of carcinoma And because of pathology reports that came back, I was informed that all the tissue surrounding that fiber adenoma had invasive carcinoma, and that was not on any of my mammograms. — Madison Sawyer, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 During this same period, I was also treated for basal cell carcinoma on my face. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 July 2026 In addition to Parkinson’s, Simon also revealed that she was previously diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer, and underwent surgery for it amid her Parkinson’s treatment. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 27 July 2026 At the same time as the Parkinson’s diagnosis and treatment, Simon underwent surgery for basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, on her face. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for carcinoma

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The drug, brand name Rasonque, is the first to attack a genetic cause of the aggressive, highly lethal malignancy.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
But the tests didn’t reveal any malignancies.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026

Definition of malignancy

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Her family says Izzy had a rare type of melanoma and had been undergoing serious treatments for over two years.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Ridley said that, after the production of Alien, his eldest brother, Frank, got a terminal diagnosis of melanoma.

— Jimmy Chin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of melanoma

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No cause of death was provided, but the outlet reported that Dasafo had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010 before going into remission later that year.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Thompson died in 2015 at age 73 due to a recurrence of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which he was first diagnosed with in 2004.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of lymphoma

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But at night that process stops, and a coral polyp’s only source of oxygen is the water around it.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Adults with a history of precancerous colon polyps (adenomas) had gut bacteria that remained different from people who’d never had polyps, and some patterns resembled those seen in colorectal cancer.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 May 2026

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