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Researchers found that tanning bed users were nearly three times as likely to develop melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — compared to people who'd never tanned indoors.
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Maria Godoy, NPR, 14 Dec. 2025
Before now, the belief was that indoor tanners were 74 percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors, and that just one session in a tanning bed could increase the risk by 20 percent.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
To protect yourself from melanoma, Miller says to stop using tanning beds.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Early studies show mRNA vaccines can reduce relapse rates in melanoma patients and shrink pancreatic tumors.
—Anthony J. Zagotta, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
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Maria Godoy, NPR, 14 Dec. 2025
Before now, the belief was that indoor tanners were 74 percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors, and that just one session in a tanning bed could increase the risk by 20 percent.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
To protect yourself from melanoma, Miller says to stop using tanning beds.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Early studies show mRNA vaccines can reduce relapse rates in melanoma patients and shrink pancreatic tumors.
—Anthony J. Zagotta, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melanoma
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She was diagnosed with Stage 0 skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ, meaning that the cancer was on top of her skin and hadn't spread yet.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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The law is named for Deb Robertson, a former social worker from Lombard who had an aggressive case of neuroendocrine carcinoma.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
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While there are ways to treat follicular lymphoma, The Cleveland Clinic notes that there is currently no cure.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The isotopes can remain in the environment years after testing, afflicting those exposed with cancers including lung, leukemia, lymphoma, thyroid and breast, the paper says.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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On Friday night, the 43-year-old singer paused her concert at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace to help a couple get engaged during her first full performance since Blackstock's passing in August at the age of 48 from skin cancer.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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What seemed like lingering cold symptoms turned out to be Stage 4 EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) — an advanced form of lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, which is noncurable, but treatable.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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One way to assess possible malignancy is irregularity of a growth, speed of growth, localized lymph node metastasis as evidenced by enlargement of the nodes, and more but there is no substitute for an FNA or removal and biopsy.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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The ultimate guide to using AI to communicate better After getting the polyps surgically removed, Lee made a plan to take a complete break from the workforce.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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This time, two small polyps were removed and found to be harmless.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Melanoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melanoma. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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