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lymphoma

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Definition of lymphoma

as in carcinoma

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Recent Examples of lymphoma He was then diagnosed with stage 4 mantle B-cell lymphoma, and the treatment was intense. — Sophia Leone, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Among the top five cancers are blood cancers, predominantly leukemia and lymphoma. — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 Coulier previously revealed his dual non-Hodgkin lymphoma and tongue cancer diagnoses. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 Valentina Olivares was 15 years old when doctors at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital diagnosed her with a rare form of B-cell lymphoma. — Lauren Pastrana, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lymphoma

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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
The finding applies specifically to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the most common form of esophageal cancer worldwide.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of carcinoma

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And with skin cancer rates rising, Moderna and Merck have reported promising results for a new, highly personalized melanoma treatment.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
Her family says Izzy had a rare type of melanoma and had been undergoing serious treatments for over two years.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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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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