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Eggert's doctors diagnosed her with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer in early December 2023.
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Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025
Lara Anton, spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said epidemiologists with the Texas Cancer Registry in 2018 found that the state had the nation’s highest incidence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma, a liver cancer more common in men than women.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Lobular breast cancer is the second most common form of breast cancer, but remains far less recognized than its counterpart, ductal carcinoma.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The biopsy confirmed ductal carcinoma.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2025
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Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025
Lara Anton, spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said epidemiologists with the Texas Cancer Registry in 2018 found that the state had the nation’s highest incidence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma, a liver cancer more common in men than women.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Lobular breast cancer is the second most common form of breast cancer, but remains far less recognized than its counterpart, ductal carcinoma.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The biopsy confirmed ductal carcinoma.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcinoma
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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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The researchers will now investigate its efficacy in breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and other malignancies, and fine tune delivery and dosage methods.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Dec. 2025
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Marshall previously revealed that she was diagnosed with stage three melanoma in 2021.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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But Bristol Myers Squibb recently earned approval for a new subcutaneous formulation of its melanoma drug Opdivo, which will help mitigate losses.—
The Motley Fool,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Shortly after my birth, my mother was diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of cancer that science fights with valor and often victory today, but that was then a death sentence.—
Dr. Ashley Alker,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Their six-year-old son successfully underwent treatment for Burkitt lymphoma at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Medicine in 2003, which inspired them to pay it forward, Simone said.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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All of this comes in the fresh wake of a lung-cancer scare for Manilow, who was forced to reschedule his January shows due to his stage-one diagnosis and treatment.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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His widow, Carter, died of cancer just five weeks later, according to the Los Angeles Times.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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In a study of more than 29,000 female nurses published this month, researchers reported that those who consumed the most ultraprocessed foods were 45% more likely to develop a certain type of precancerous colorectal polyp than those who consumed the least.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, a vocal cord polyp is a lesion that is usually larger in size than a nodule.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Carcinoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcinoma. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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