CANCER Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

cancer

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Recent Examples of cancer In 2002, the Women's Health Initiative suggested that hormone replacement therapy increased the risk of heart disease, breast cancer, stroke and pulmonary embolism. — Shannon Firth, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026 Lung adenocarcinoma, the type of lung cancer that the pope underwent treatment for, is the most common type of lung cancer and a serious illness. — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026 After undergoing thoracic surgery Tuesday, during which surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung, examination of the tissue confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, or lung cancer, according to the Vatican. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Refusing to let cancer define her future, Cooke compares her mental approach to preparing for a fight. — Tania Francois, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cancer

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The first is to dramatically accelerate the pace of basic science, and the second is to accelerate curing disease and extending health span.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
DeVeydt added that costs for inpatient services and pharmacy, particularly costly specialty pharmacy drugs for cancer and rare diseases, remain elevated.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

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Adami was diagnosed with stage 4 follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

— Max Darrow, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Caribou Biosciences is shutting down after failing to raise the money necessary to fund a late-stage clinical trial of its off-the-shelf CAR-T therapy for lymphoma, the company said Tuesday.

— Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of lymphoma

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Botryosphaeria canker and dieback are attributed to several causal agents in the Botryosphaeriaceae family.

— Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
Monitor for Pests and Disease Healthy plants are better at surviving heat stress than plants that are already weakened, so keep an eye on your tomato plants throughout the growing season for common pests, like tomato hornworm, and diseases, such as early or late blight, white mold, and canker.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 30 May 2026

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If a pregnant person is exposed to the virus, they’re recommended to receive intravenous immunoglobulin to help protect against infection—but only if it is given within six days of exposure.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
This comes as the world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record continues to outpace efforts, and the virus has spread into eight provinces in Congo and into neighboring countries, Kenya and Uganda.

— Monika Pronczuk, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

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Gary Keblish, a schoolteacher, was diagnosed with melanoma and felt lucky to be in the trial for intismeran and to be in the treatment arm.

— STAT Staff, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
The drug, combined with Merck’s Keytruda, met goals in more than 1,100 patients with higher-risk or advanced melanoma.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of melanoma

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But the eleventh-hour blitz of No On 3 ads that Keep Florida Clean funded, warning of the greed of Big Weed, inflamed voters’ private worries of societal decay.

— Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
The commercial benchmark, by comparison, showed continuous performance decay during testing.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of decay

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Roughly 10 to 15% of all lung cancer cases are classified as a small cell carcinoma.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Davis said the company is also examining the vaccine in trials across other tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer, types of bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of carcinoma

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When the plant roots encounter an area acidified by decaying plant matter—a chemical gradient distinct from that of animal matter—ABA builds up on the side facing the rot, encouraging growth in the other direction.

— Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2026
And to manage context rot, feeding your agents only the context required for their current step may not be enough.

— Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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