lymphoma

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Recent Examples of lymphoma This not only includes breast cancers, but also thyroid, melanoma, lymphoma, cervical, ovarian and even lung cancers. Carolyn Bhakta, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025 Victor died at her home in Sherman Oaks, CA on Friday night due to lymphoma, a representative confirmed to the New York Times. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 June 2025 With no cancer in her bone marrow or spinal fluid, her diagnosis was revised to B-cell lymphoma, which according to the American Cancer Society is the most common type of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the United States. Jordan Greene, People.com, 2 June 2025 Doctors later diagnosed Miller with Burkitt lymphoma, a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that develops in the lymphatic system. Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for lymphoma
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Noun
  • That’s when she was diagnosed with cancer — stage 4 invasive ductal carcinoma.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 July 2025
  • Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer, which occurs most often on areas of fair skin that are exposed to the sun, including the head and neck.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • In 2012: Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman to travel into space, died at age 61 of pancreatic cancer.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
  • Chronic, long-term, regular, or cumulative exposure to ALAN may even be a risk factor for certain cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Melanoma has risen over the years According to the National Cancer Institute, melanoma of the skin is the fifth-most common cancer in the U.S. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer caused by prolonged exposure to direct and indirect sunlight (such as tanning beds).
    Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 June 2025
  • Mellencamp confirmed she had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in April after her melanoma metastasized to her brain and lungs.
    Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Most striking was the test’s ability to detect malignancies long considered unscreenable—pancreatic, ovarian, and others that had eluded surveillance.
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Grail’s test identified malignancy in 1,453 of the cancer cases, missing it in 1,370.
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • But anemia can also follow blood loss from ulcers, polyps, diabetes, and other causes of internal bleeding.
    Paula Span, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
  • In many cases the polyps and even early cancers can simply be removed during a colonoscopy.
    Richard Goldberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025

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“Lymphoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lymphoma. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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