How to Use treatable in a Sentence

treatable

adjective
  • The infection is treatable with antibiotics.
  • This kind of thinning tends to progress over time but is treatable.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Cancer, in all its forms, is most treatable when caught early.
    — Lauren Gravitz, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2021
  • And experts stress depression is treatable so those in need are urged to seek help.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2022
  • The good news is that when it is caught early, colon cancer is highly treatable.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The good news is that when it is caught early, colon cancer is highly treatable.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 July 2025
  • With the right health care and drugs, TB is treatable and preventable.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Oral phantoms are often treatable, and are rooted not in the mouth but the brain.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Those symptoms can point to treatable causes no hearing aid will fix.
    — Allison Palmer july 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • There are many, many different causes, and most of them are treatable.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2022
  • That being said, skin cancers are very treatable when caught early.
    — Alexandra Owens, Allure, 10 June 2022
  • The injury, which turned out to be a treatable bruise, sparked a brief furor on the internet.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2018
  • Many cancers, when caught early, are treatable, Reynolds said.
    — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • One silver lining is that these symptoms are treatable.
    — Javier Cárdenas, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Many young people have rosacea, acne, sun spots, and sun damage — all of which are treatable with lasers.
    — Julie Ricevuto, Allure, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Haywood says prostate cancer is very treatable, and only about 3% of men die from it.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Haywood said prostate cancer is very treatable, and only about 3% of men die from it.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Gordon said that adult onset asthma is very treatable and can be managed.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Many of the health problems that lead to maternal death are treatable and preventable.
    — Huizhong Wu, CNN, 20 Mar. 2018
  • There are numerous forms of the disease, many of which are highly treatable.
    — NBC News, 6 July 2019
  • That can also mean that any disease that's present may not be as treatable as it would have been had it been caught sooner.
    — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
  • Mange is treatable with antibiotics and other drugs.
    — Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The good news is that prenatal depression is very much treatable.
    — Glamour, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Despite its advanced stage, colon cancer at that point is highly treatable.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Is brain-eating amoeba treatable?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But a test missing a good percentage of those with treatable cancers is less useful.
    — Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • However, the good news is that skin cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable forms of cancer.
    — Barbara Brody, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2020
  • As a result, many women aren’t aware just how common and treatable many of these conditions are.
    — Trihealth, Cincinnati.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • At these stages, tumors are small and highly treatable, with a five-year survival rate of 99%.
    — Jennie Durant, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Many of these conditions are treatable and caught early, can improve, and in some cases, be cured.
    — Julia Ries, Health, 9 Mar. 2023

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