Synonyms of tumors

tumors

noun

plural of tumor

as in neoplasms

an abnormal mass of tissue

the scan showed a small tumor in her abdomen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• neoplasms
• lumps
• cysts
• growths
• carcinomas
• cancers
• malignancies
• excrescences
• lymphomas
• polyps
• melanomas
• excrescencies
• outgrowths
• tubercles
• warts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tumors

Merck and Moderna’s success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a ​new avenue of treatment that doctors hope will work against many types of tumors. — CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

For those participating in the trial, surgeons had already removed their tumors, and everyone had been treated with Keytruda, the standard immunotherapy. — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

The patients had stage IIB, IIC, III or IV disease and had undergone complete surgical removal of their tumors. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

If chemical exposure and random chance determined the outcome on their own, all four groups should have produced much the same tumors. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Merck and Moderna are studying the vaccine in several trials across other tumors, such as non-small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

It can be personalized to individual patients using genetic material from their tumors, which researchers hope will lead to more durable immune responses compared to other melanoma treatments. — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026

In the trial, which enrolled more than 1,100 patients, the mRNA vaccine was given in combination with Merck’s Keytruda to patients after their tumors were surgically removed. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Birk said the goal is to shrink tumors to improve surgical outcomes. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026