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Recent Examples of cancer
Possibilities include having asthma, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic lung disease, chronic liver disease, diabetes, heart conditions, HIV, neurologic issues, obesity or an immune system disorder.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The comedian was married to his late wife, Nancy Dolman, for 30 years before her death at 58 from ovarian cancer in August 2010.
—Francesca Gariano, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Masiko was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Arthur passed away from lung cancer in 2009 at the age of 86.
—Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The comedian was married to his late wife, Nancy Dolman, for 30 years before her death at 58 from ovarian cancer in August 2010.
—Francesca Gariano, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Masiko was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Arthur passed away from lung cancer in 2009 at the age of 86.
—Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancer
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The smallest, what are called ultrafine particles, even slip through the alveolar capillary barrier itself, crossing into the bloodstream, and from there travel throughout the body, including to the heart, the brain, and the kidneys to initiate even more destruction and disease (see below).—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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But the shot has been a life-saving public health intervention against the disease, which can lead to severe health problems, including liver cancer and failure, and death.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Alahverdian was charged with rape in connection with the allegations in 2020 — the same year an obituary claimed that Alahverdian died at age 32 from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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In 2015, then-Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell stepped away from the team in August to be treated for Stage 1 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, returning to the club in 2016.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The plane trees that line the historic canal, once captured in the glow of childhood and sunlight, are now dying—devastated by an invasive fungal disease known as canker stain.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Symptoms include brown-ringed leaf spots, dark stem cankers or zones of dead/dying tissue, and eventually, the collapse of plants in entire sections of a mass grouping.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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The virus was also detected in mosquito populations in several neighborhoods including Old Louisville, Irish Hill, California, Iroquois, Churchill Downs, Tyler Park and the Highlands in July.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
15 Sep. 2025
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Many public health advocates would argue that vaccination is critical in preventing the spread of a virus that is the number one cause of liver cancer globally.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Subungual melanoma is curable when it’s detected in an early stage.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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The study included 132 patients with melanoma (a deadly form of skin cancer) and nonsmall cell lung cancer (the most common type of lung cancer).—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Excessive tooth decay in children can require treatment in hospitals, under anesthesia.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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And these survived only because clay and salt in the surrounding soil protected them from further decay.—
Dirk Schulze-Makuch,
Big Think,
17 Sep. 2025
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Around five years after her clear cell carcinoma diagnosis, Castaneda is now excited for the future and wants to become a nurse after officially being declared cancer-free in March 2021.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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According to results from a Sunday procedure to have skin lesions removed, doctors found squamous cell carcinoma, which starts in cells in the middle and outer layers of the skin.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Made from recyclable, all-weather polystyrene that is designed to last and never fade, the bench looks like real wood without the threat of rot and termites.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Cancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancer. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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