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melanoma

noun

Definition of melanoma

as in carcinoma

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Recent Examples of melanoma Beyond the midterms, the briefing covers a potential breakthrough in the treatment of melanoma. — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Still, intismeran is being studied in a separate clinical trial in patients with advanced melanoma that has already spread to distant organs. — David Cox, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 Adding it to a standard post-surgery treatment reduced by 42% the risk of melanoma returning two years after surgery, according to the most advanced study to date of this new strategy for fighting cancer. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Building on Keytruda’s success Keytruda was famously used to treat President Jimmy Carter for melanoma that had spread to his liver and brain. — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for melanoma

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Sara Jager, a pediatrician, veteran and triathlete, was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Xencor said its XmAb819 showed anti-tumor activity in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, and said existing cash reserves are sufficient to fund pipeline research and operations into 2029.

— Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of carcinoma

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Lamm told TechCrunch that conventional breeding can produce dogs with poor eyesight or genetic predispositions to cancer.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Cat’s claw has been promoted to treat osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, viral infections and other conditions, according to the integrative health center.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cancer

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Radiologists are required to compare new scans to prior scans to determine the malignancy risk of each nodule detected.

— Oran Muduroglu, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The drug, brand name Rasonque, is the first to attack a genetic cause of the aggressive, highly lethal malignancy.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of malignancy

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But at night that process stops, and a coral polyp’s only source of oxygen is the water around it.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Adults with a history of precancerous colon polyps (adenomas) had gut bacteria that remained different from people who’d never had polyps, and some patterns resembled those seen in colorectal cancer.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 May 2026

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