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The research followed clinicians at four endoscopy centers in Poland participating in the ACCEPT (Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy for Cancer Prevention) trial, where AI tools for polyp detection were introduced at the end of 2021.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Under the right water conditions, these polyps begin to release juvenile jellies, called ephyrae, which develop into adults.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
Researchers found that endoscopists—physicians who perform colonoscopies—were significantly less effective at detecting precancerous polyps without AI assistance after becoming accustomed to using the technology.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
The species is a solitary coral, meaning each polyp lives independently within its own skeleton, rather than as a group sharing the same skeleton.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2025
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Under the right water conditions, these polyps begin to release juvenile jellies, called ephyrae, which develop into adults.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
Researchers found that endoscopists—physicians who perform colonoscopies—were significantly less effective at detecting precancerous polyps without AI assistance after becoming accustomed to using the technology.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
The species is a solitary coral, meaning each polyp lives independently within its own skeleton, rather than as a group sharing the same skeleton.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyp
Noun
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Keaton was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer, at 21 years old.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
15 Oct. 2025
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On an August 2024 episode of Pod Meets World, the actress revealed she had been diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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There was a vibration and luminosity somewhere out there to Matisse; to Picasso there was a latent malignancy.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Doctors prescribe Keytruda for a wide variety of cancers, including malignancies in the lungs, skin, colon, gastrointestinal tract, and reproductive organs.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Some 88 percent of mice rejected pancreatic cancer, 75 percent of mice did for breast cancer and 69 percent rejected melanoma tumors.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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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,
New Atlas,
9 Oct. 2025
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It is considered a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and is sometimes known as lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The American poet Violet Ranney Lang was born in 1924 and died in 1956, of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, at the age of thirty-two.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Traditionally, hormone therapeutic leuprolide is prescribed to treat recurrent prostate cancer – something indicated by elevated levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) following initial treatment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead, he was diagnosed with a much more serious cancer called clear cell sarcoma (CCS) of the kidney.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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However, a week later she was told that her cyst was actually a tumor and she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that develops in the lymphatic system.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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People with polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, are likely well acquainted with the challenges the endocrine disorder presents for fertility and the discomfort associated with irregular periods, painful ovarian cysts, weight gain, and difficulty conceiving as a result of elevated androgen levels.—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Polyp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyp. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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