lymphoma

noun

Definition of lymphomanext
as in carcinoma

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Recent Examples of lymphoma Not long after that, though, Saunders was diagnosed with central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Gilligan was 15 when he was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma, which is rare for teenagers but with a higher recovery rate. — ABC News, 20 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 Since then researchers have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus, which is known to cause cancers such as nasal pharyngeal cancers and some forms of lymphoma, is also linked to some stomach cancers and some rarer lymphomas, Clifford says. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lymphoma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lymphoma
  1. carcinoma
  2. cancer
  3. melanoma
  4. malignancy
  5. polyp
Noun
  • Sara Jager, a pediatrician, veteran and triathlete, was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Xencor said its XmAb819 showed anti-tumor activity in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, and said existing cash reserves are sufficient to fund pipeline research and operations into 2029.
    — Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of carcinoma
Noun
  • Wiles stuck with the job even after her breast cancer diagnosis.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The 71-year-old’s lung cancer surgery led some in the Vatican to believe his trip to Latin America would be postponed or its intense schedule adjusted.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of cancer
Noun
  • Mice receiving the higher-density vaccine were less likely to develop tumors after exposure to melanoma cells carrying the same antigen.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma, kills more than 8,000 Americans a year and in Connecticut, nearly 900 people will be diagnosed each year.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of melanoma
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
Definition of polyp

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