Thesaurus results for MELANOMA

melanoma

noun

Definition of melanoma

as in carcinoma

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Recent Examples of melanoma Her family says Izzy had a rare type of melanoma and had been undergoing serious treatments for over two years. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Ridley said that, after the production of Alien, his eldest brother, Frank, got a terminal diagnosis of melanoma. — Jimmy Chin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 Patients with melanoma that had a high-risk of recurring were given vaccines and immunotherapy as treatments. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 This matchup also is designated the Joe Roth Memorial Game, honoring the popular All-America quarterback who died in of melanoma following the 1976 season. — Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for melanoma

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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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Is Meredith’s arc going to be tied to this new patient (Martin Martinez) who is in the foster care system and potentially has cancer?

— Max Gao, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
However, the systems remain experimental, and the protein binders have not been demonstrated as cancer treatments.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of cancer

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Radiologists are required to compare new scans to prior scans to determine the malignancy risk of each nodule detected.

— Oran Muduroglu, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The drug, brand name Rasonque, is the first to attack a genetic cause of the aggressive, highly lethal malignancy.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of malignancy

Noun

But at night that process stops, and a coral polyp’s only source of oxygen is the water around it.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Adults with a history of precancerous colon polyps (adenomas) had gut bacteria that remained different from people who’d never had polyps, and some patterns resembled those seen in colorectal cancer.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 May 2026

Definition of polyp

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