cysts

plural of cyst

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Noun
  • Traditionally, this has been treated with a type of focused radiation called stereotactic body radiation therapy, a highly precise type of radiation therapy used to treat tumors in the body.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In contrast, prostate cancer tumors will often have an irregular shape with blurred edges as the cancer invades surrounding tissue.
    MD Published, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The company’s ethos is centered on significantly shortening the drug discovery and development process, ultimately creating medicines to treat the most significant killers, starting with aggressive cancers like breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers at Indiana University and the University of Florida analyzed the incidence of 14 cancers in adults with obesity who were prescribed GLP-1s, comparing them to cancer rates in non-users.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Cysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cysts. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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