How to Use cancer in a Sentence

cancer

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  • She learned that she has cancer.
  • Eating certain foods may help reduce the risk of cancer.
  • Advanced cancers are more difficult to treat.
  • He was diagnosed with cancer.
  • I'm a Taurus, but my best friend is a Cancer.
  • The good news: this type of cancer has a high cure rate.
    — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Both also agree that cancer is more of a marathon than a race.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Turns out her husband had died of cancer a few years back.
    — Hazlitt, 1 Feb. 2023
  • This type of cancer drug is now one of the main ways cancer is treated.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The actress and singer died from breast cancer in August.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Deke, Dhea and Delvin formed a close bond after Delvin's wife died from cancer.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Biden's eldest son, Beau, died of brain cancer in 2015.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Dawn grows her hair out, then chops it off to donate it to cancer patients.
    — David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • There’s plenty of people that are in great shape that have cancer.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • White wrote that the Chrisleys helped his wife get treatment for cancer.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Nov. 2022
  • For the past six years, Elyssa Barbaro has gotten screened for lung cancer.
    — Time, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The cause was breast cancer, her daughter Juliette Rossant said.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The conductor has been battling a dire form of brain cancer since 2021.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
  • It’s been about a month since Olivia Munn shared her breast cancer diagnosis with the world.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Beauty and the beast:Two high school athletes who battled same bone cancer go to prom.
    — USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • For background, my aunt (Anna’s mom) died of cancer in 2019.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
  • His wife died of ovarian cancer last year, and his son is in his thirties.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • The film follows the rocky romance — from meet cute to cancer — between Michael, played by Parsons, and Kit.
    — Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Well that aims to fund holistic care for cancer patients.
    — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Some of the increase in heart disease and cancer deaths may be an effect of the pandemic.
    — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
  • Aspel had colon cancer at the time and has since recovered.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Catherine, Princess of Wales—Kate to those (many millions of people) who love her—has cancer.
    — Chloe Fox, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Judy was actually in part inspired by a friend of mine who passed away from cancer at the age of 38.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • My husband had surgery the first time he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Endometrial Cancer Endometrial cancer is when there is a transformation of the cells in the lining of the uterus.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Jan. 2025

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