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carcinoma

noun

Definition of carcinoma

as in malignancy

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Recent Examples of carcinoma Experts are starting to question whether identifying ductal carcinoma in situ as cancer leads to unnecessary interventions such as radiation and surgery. — Mikkael A. Sekeres, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2026 An avid runner and golfer fit and trim enough to pass for a man a decade younger, the silver-haired Claire was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in 2015 when what looked like a harmless spot on his lip turned out to be cancerous. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 After undergoing surgery to remove the testicle (an orchiectomy), Reeve discovered the mass was embryonal carcinoma. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Bosworth previously said her mother was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and struggled to eat and drink as pain in her tongue and throat made swallowing difficult. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carcinoma

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Radiologists are required to compare new scans to prior scans to determine the malignancy risk of each nodule detected.

— Oran Muduroglu, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of malignancy

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Merck and Moderna reported in August that adding their mRNA cancer vaccine to an existing treatment slowed the return and spread of melanoma.

— Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
The drug, combined with Merck’s Keytruda, met goals in more than 1,100 patients with higher-risk or advanced melanoma.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of melanoma

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Adami was diagnosed with stage 4 follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

— Max Darrow, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Caribou Biosciences is shutting down after failing to raise the money necessary to fund a late-stage clinical trial of its off-the-shelf CAR-T therapy for lymphoma, the company said Tuesday.

— Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of lymphoma

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Is Meredith’s arc going to be tied to this new patient (Martin Martinez) who is in the foster care system and potentially has cancer?

— Max Gao, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
However, the systems remain experimental, and the protein binders have not been demonstrated as cancer treatments.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of cancer

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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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