How to Use melanoma in a Sentence

melanoma

noun

• For melanoma, a form of skin cancer, the five-year survival rate in the U.S. is 93%.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 18 Mar. 2022
• In 1980, his brother Frank died, at forty-five, of melanoma.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• And, of course, laying in the sun for any amount of time increases your risk of melanoma.
  — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 4 Feb. 2022
• Sudran had to step back to the role of adviser when the melanoma weakened him in 2020.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
• Ball cap keeping melanoma off the bald spot, sunglasses at the ready on Croakies around the neck.
  — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• But that figure drops down to 32% once the melanoma has spread to other organs.
  — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2023
• Still, Vaughn said, people of color must be careful of melanoma of the nail.
  — Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
• The form of metastatic melanoma was found during surgery on Carter's liver and had spread to his brain.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
• As a result, men often miss the changing moles that are the hallmark of melanoma.
  — Andrea Atkins, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
• He was rushed to the hospital and discovered that the melanoma had spread to his brain, lungs and stomach.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2024
• Bruce has battled melanoma for the past four years and served as his son’s rebounder in the Challenge.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Of all the major cancers diagnosed in the U.S., the skin cancer melanoma has one of the highest survival rates.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 11 July 2023
• New research indicates a surge in melanoma cases among men between the ages of 15 and 39.
  — Jessica Ourisman, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2021
• Researchers say men are more likely to die from melanoma than women.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
• Except in this case, the immune system was trained to target and destroy melanoma cells rather than a virus.
  — Alice Park, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
• The Nobel Peace Prize winner was diagnosed with cancer – a form of melanoma that spread to his brain – in 2015.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• His partner, Patti Massey, said he had been treated for melanoma.
  — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022
• Since the early 1990s, the incidence of melanoma has risen dramatically in the U.S.
  — Enrique Torchia, Fortune Well, 20 Aug. 2023
• But nothing means as much to Jones as his mission raising awareness for melanoma.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2022
• The company’s test can detect tumors as small as a pea and spots melanoma, cancers of the bone and blood, and other cancer types.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2021
• While most GPs can perform basic skin exams during a checkup, Dr. Markowitz has seen the rare case where a melanoma was missed.
  — Beth Sobol, Allure, 29 Nov. 2023
• Our team focused on melanoma because this type of cancer is linked to people with long telomeres.
  — Jonathan Alder, The Conversation, 10 Nov. 2022
• The first checkpoint inhibitor was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2011 to treat melanoma.
  — Mayo Clinic Staff, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• And in 2019, my dermatologist discovered a small mole on my leg in the early stages of melanoma.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 16 May 2022
• Streett’s mother died in 2019 and she was diagnosed with melanoma shortly after that.
  — Angela Roberts, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024
• There could be light at the end of the tunnel for individuals battling melanoma cancer.
  — Kelsee Majette, The Week, 13 Dec. 2022
• Marley had been diagnosed with melanoma in 1977, but no one in the audience knew Marley was ill.
  — Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ, 12 May 2022
• Tellez dealt with the loss of his mom, Lori, a few years ago when she was diagnosed with melanoma and eventually died from brain cancer.
  — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2021
• In the melanoma trial, doctors used an approach called TIL therapy.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022
• When tumors like melanoma form, the immune system mobilizes for war.
  — Angus Chen, STAT, 7 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024