How to Use tumor in a Sentence

tumor

noun
  • The lump in her knee was a tumor.
    — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • There were two tumors in his brain.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • This type of tumor is rare in adults.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • There were 13 tumors in his lungs.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In Tim's case, the tumor was near a bile duct.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Adams is set to have surgery to remove a tumor in just a few days.
    — Hannah Ziegler, ajc, 4 July 2022
  • When a tumor starts to shrink, doctors dose less.
    — Owen D. Jones, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • Banfield found a tumor in his throat.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • The man placed his hand on Williams’ hip, right above his tumor.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Just three months later, scans showed that the chemo had shrunk the tumors.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • On the front of the card was a scan of his brain showing the tumor on it.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
  • Colleen suffers from a brain tumor.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
  • Years passed with no sign of the tumor's regrowth, but then things changed.
    — Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the epididymis, not a tumor.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • If all else fails, meds that stunt tumor growth can prolong life by months or years.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The tumor is not larger than 5 cm but has spread to the lymph nodes.
    — Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The tumor covered my colon and was on my kidneys.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This could be a key to their longevity and avoidance of tumors.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
  • There’s no tumor in my brain, God forbid.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Tharp said this approach is a way to allow tumors to be cleared out.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • There was a stage four tumor in the appendix.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • The tumor made eating painful and left her only days to weeks to live.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Sanchez played with the tumor in his leg last year as a freshman at Tempe.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The tumor had spread too much to fully remove.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 29 May 2026
  • By the time doctors found the tumor, the cancer had spread to her brain.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • By the time doctors found the tumor, the cancer had spread to her brain.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Then last year a routine scan revealed a golf-ball-sized tumor on his brain.
    — Jason Mast, STAT, 13 May 2026
  • The tumor in my liver has already shrunk.
    — Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Other scans showed tumors in his bones, lymph nodes, lungs and pancreas.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Of these, all remained tumor-free in tests to see if the cancer would spread.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

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