How to Use cancer in a Sentence

cancer

noun
  • 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.
  • In cancer care, time lost is life lost.
    — Alex Mejia Garcia, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The cancer spread to her brain.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 3 Oct. 2025
  • What does the face of breast cancer look like?
    — Dru Armstrong, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • All the while, there was the cancer.
    — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This blood test screens for cancer.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Here's a look at the progress made in the fight against breast cancer.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This isn't Arthurs' first run-in with cancer.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • One woman says her cancer has spread to her brain.
    — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The quest for a cancer cure dates back thousands of years.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • One of the first things cancer changed was travel.
    — Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Tanning beds raise the risk of skin cancer.
    — Carrie Madormo, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Both also agree that cancer is more of a marathon than a race.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The first test used antigens that matched the type of cancer.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Some muse on the causes of cancer.
    — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But training-tired and cancer-tired are not the same.
    — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And while the system stalls, cancer does not.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • My cancer, on the other hand, was small and my breasts are not.
    — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Blackstock's cause of death was melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Her father was sick with cancer.
    — ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Del Pino died of cancer a few months later.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The 4-year-old had Stage 4 cancer.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
  • My father had basal skin cancer and my brother had it.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The president’s son did a lot of good for kids with cancer.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • This type of cancer drug is now one of the main ways cancer is treated.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The goal is not to become a breast cancer expert overnight.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026

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