cysts

plural of cyst

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Noun
  • The researchers then replicated this outcome in mouse models — when the mice received a combination of immunotherapy drugs and an mRNA vaccine targeting the COVID-19 spike protein, their tumors became more responsive to treatment.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Her tumors have stabilized, and some are nearly undetectable.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The test, which requires an in-person blood collection, screens for over 50 types of cancers by looking for DNA shed by specific cancer cells.
    Sara Braun, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And among early-onset cancers, colorectal cancer hovers near the top of the list.
    Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Cysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cysts. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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