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Recent Examples of cancers
Metastatic cancers, referred to as a Stage 4 cancer, are unpredictable even with treatment.
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Mark Tatge, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Hispanic and Latino women are a priority due to their higher incidence of aggressive cancers such as triple-negative breast cancer.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
But other gastrointestinal cancers are rising in the young right alongside colorectal cancer, the new review found.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 19 Aug. 2025
Of the cancers linked to HPV, cervical cancer is the most common.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Mark Tatge, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Hispanic and Latino women are a priority due to their higher incidence of aggressive cancers such as triple-negative breast cancer.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
But other gastrointestinal cancers are rising in the young right alongside colorectal cancer, the new review found.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 19 Aug. 2025
Of the cancers linked to HPV, cervical cancer is the most common.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancers
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In the current era, the government health system might need to rely more on private health care facilities, especially to help tackle other surging diseases like malaria, already rising in Southern Africa.—
Brian Simpson,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Public health experts have widely credited the shots protecting against MMRV, hepatitis B, and COVID-19 for lowering the prevalence of diseases, but several ACIP members cast doubt over the safety and efficacy of the vaccines this week.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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And a third found that the medication may have a broader antiviral effect against other respiratory viruses, including the influenza virus.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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With respiratory viruses also prevalent in colder weather, how can people distinguish between seasonal allergies and a virus?—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
2 Oct. 2024
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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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“Cancers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancers. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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