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Recent Examples of melanoma
For example, my colleagues are running a clinical trial at the center to test the use of focused ultrasound and immunotherapy to treat patients with advanced melanoma.
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Richard J. Price, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Vaccines were combined either with tumor peptides (specific antigens from melanoma) or with whole tumor cell lysates (a mix of tumor proteins, to mimic real tumors).
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Men are also less likely to wear sunscreen, thus incurring more risk for melanoma.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Men also die at significantly higher rates from melanoma.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
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Richard J. Price, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Vaccines were combined either with tumor peptides (specific antigens from melanoma) or with whole tumor cell lysates (a mix of tumor proteins, to mimic real tumors).
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Men are also less likely to wear sunscreen, thus incurring more risk for melanoma.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Men also die at significantly higher rates from melanoma.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for melanoma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melanoma
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Lobular breast cancer is the second most common form of breast cancer, but remains far less recognized than its counterpart, ductal carcinoma.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The biopsy confirmed ductal carcinoma.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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Her review of studies through 2025 found that people with long-term, high exposure to glyphosate, such as those working on farms, had a roughly 40% higher risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma compared to those who were never exposed.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Big Lebowski star, 75, stepped back from screen acting following a bout with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2020 and a serious case of COVID-19 shortly thereafter.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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In the six months since the bill’s last debate in parliament, more than 120,000 young adults have started smoking, claimed the letter, signed by the leaders of major hospitals, cancer charities, and branches of the National Health Service (NHS).—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The actress died from bone cancer in 2018 at the age of 92, a little over a year after revealing her diagnosis in April 2017.—
Michele Corriston,
PEOPLE,
2 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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