How to Use rhabdomyosarcoma in a Sentence

rhabdomyosarcoma

noun
  • The Woods put the word out about Finn Shafran, who has a rare cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma.
    — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 16 Mar. 2018
  • She was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare but aggressive type of cancer that forms in soft tissue.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2024
  • The mummy of a Chilean boy had a rare tumor called a rhabdomyosarcoma on his face, and nine Peruvian mummies bore the marks of melanoma.
    — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2013
  • After 10 hours of surgery, doctors got almost all of what was diagnosed as a soft-tissue cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma.
    — John Maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 May 2017
  • The 3-year-old was diagnosed with a very rare, soft tissue cancer, called spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma, in July.
    — Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 14 Mar. 2018
  • She was diagnosed with Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Bonar's dog was diagnosed with a tumor on her larynx — laryngeal rhabdomyosarcoma — in 2013.
    — David Lazarus, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Doctors told the family Chloe had alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that forms in the soft tissue of skeletal muscle, or in organs such as the bladder or uterus.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The most common are osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma, which mostly come from bones, and rhabdomyosarcoma, which arises from muscle.
    — Matteo Trucco, M.d., miamiherald, 29 May 2017
  • Metastatic embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare type of cancer, also known as soft tissue sarcoma, that develops in your skeletal muscles.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer that affects muscle tissue in children and teens, Aralynn’s cancer started in her stomach and near her liver.
    — Melissa Karns, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
  • At 16, doctors diagnosed Shae with rhabdomyosarcoma – a cancer of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • There are about 350 new cases of rhabdomyosarcoma in the country each year, according to the American Cancer Society.
    — Cydney Henderson, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The boy was suffering from rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common type of soft-tissue sarcoma faced by children, according to the National Cancer Institute.
    — Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2017
  • Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer that develops in skeletal muscles, according to a family spokesperson.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • For children, the most common types of cancers are leukemia, brain and spinal cord tumors, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, lymphoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, retinoblastoma and bone cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023

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