How to Use lymphoma in a Sentence

lymphoma

noun
  • The cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, said her wife, Zoe Matoff.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Her wife, Zoe Matoff, said the cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    — George Gene Gustines, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Sam Chwat died of lymphoma in 2011 at the age of fifty-seven.
    — Janet Malcolm, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The mix turned out to be a soup of free-floating lymphoma cells that were shed by the tumor.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • His daughter, Cindy Gustafson, said the cause was lymphoma.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The cause was Hodgkin’s lymphoma, said his daughter, Sara Hogan.
    — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The fund helps fight Burkitt lymphoma in the African country of Malawi, where the form of cancer is common in children.
    — Jack Tregoning, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Ray Schulte, Fosbury’s former agent, said in a statement that the cause of death was lymphoma.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The 65-year-old was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma last year.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Over the last five months, Coulier has been battling stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Many of Jeff Bridges' fans were shocked to learn that the acclaimed actor is battling lymphoma.
    — NBC News, 21 Oct. 2020
  • In April, Kathy died at 53 after living with Hodgkin’s lymphoma for more than a decade.
    — Christian Clark, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The former head of the Catholic Diocese of Orange died Sunday at age 86 from lymphoma.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • His daughter Ileen Goldsmith said the cause was lymphoma.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020
  • The chef died of B-cell lymphoma, according to his daughter, Ai Kusuhara.
    — C. Pete Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
  • He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2003 and coached for a time from a wheelchair on the sidelines.
    — Washington Post, 31 July 2020
  • There are three main types of blood cancer, leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, all of which affect the body's blood cells.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The cause was not specified, but he had been treated for years for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    — Washington Post, 31 July 2020
  • The woman, now in her third trimester, had just been diagnosed with lymphoma.
    — Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There are three main types of blood cancer: leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Ex-Roundup users blame glyphosate for their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other cancers.
    — Tim Loh, Fortune, 25 June 2020
  • Retinoids, drugs derived from vitamin A, are used to treat some types of skin lymphoma.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health, 27 July 2023
  • There have been only 33 deaths from this lymphoma so it’s very treatable.
    — Naseem S. Miller, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the white blood cells and affects parts of the body’s immune system.
    — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The disease is not breast cancer but lymphoma that grows in the scar tissue surrounding the breasts.
    — Washington Post, 24 July 2019
  • The disease is not breast cancer but lymphoma that grows in the scar tissue surrounding the breasts.
    — CBS News, 24 July 2019
  • That’s usually used for hard-to-treat blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • He had been diagnosed with Stage 4 lymphoma while in prison.
    — Kathy McCormack, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Vitale, a Hall of Fame broadcaster and college hoops icon, spent the past three years battling melanoma, lymphoma and vocal cord and lymph node cancers.
    — Justin Williams, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Thousands of cancer patients or their estates have sued, saying Roundup gave them non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025

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