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Recent Examples of polyp
Jangouk doesn't recommend the blood or stool test because of the rates of false positives and false negatives and the chances of missing a precancerous polyp.
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
Colon cancer typically begins as a polyp.
—Catherine Dominguez, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2026
Guthrie's surgery involved the removal of a polyp on her vocal chords.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
In a study of more than 29,000 female nurses published this month, researchers reported that those who consumed the most ultraprocessed foods were 45% more likely to develop a certain type of precancerous colorectal polyp than those who consumed the least.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
Colon cancer typically begins as a polyp.
—Catherine Dominguez, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2026
Guthrie's surgery involved the removal of a polyp on her vocal chords.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
In a study of more than 29,000 female nurses published this month, researchers reported that those who consumed the most ultraprocessed foods were 45% more likely to develop a certain type of precancerous colorectal polyp than those who consumed the least.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyp
Noun
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According to Coulier, recent scans and his overall prognosis are looking positive for both the carcinoma in his throat and the lymphoma.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma usually affects the salivary glands, but can grow in other parts of the body, according to the Cleveland Clinic.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Cancers of the head and neck include malignancies affecting the mouth and throat (called the oral cavity and pharynx), the voice box (larynx), the sinuses and nasal cavities, and the salivary glands.—
Mikkael Sekeres,
Washington Post,
18 May 2026
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And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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In April, the FDA rejected Replimune’s drug candidate for melanoma a second time after an initial rejection in July.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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The company just had positive readouts from their melanoma trial in January and is expecting Phase 3 results from their non-small cell lung cancer study later this year.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
12 May 2026
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Further tests revealed that Arthur had T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, a rare and fast-growing type of blood cancer.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Longer-term exposure increases the risk of cancers of the white blood cells, such as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, as well as breast cancer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Jason Collins, who combined with his brother, Jarron, to bring San Fernando Valley high school basketball to an unprecedented level during their days at Harvard-Westlake in the 1990s, died at the age of 47 because of brain cancer.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Individuals over the age of 60, and those with certain medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, and organ transplants are at greater risk for serious illness and rarely may progress to permanent neurological damage, coma, and death.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Winnipeg Jets team physician Peter MacDonald used the NanoNeedle on goalie Connor Hellebuyck, repairing a torn meniscus and removing a Baker’s cyst from Hellebuyck’s knee.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Most notably, Sabrina Ionescu was sidelined with a left foot injury, while star offseason acquisition Satou Sabally was absent dealing with a cyst.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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“Polyp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyp. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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