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Last September, the FDA granted orphan drug status to its treatment for neuroendocrine carcinoma, a designation which helps drug companies working on potentially life-saving drugs, where treatments are lacking, get to market more efficiently.
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Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
The development of a gene classifier that strongly predicts the risk of invasive breast cancer for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), otherwise known as Stage 0, which often leaves too many patients wondering if the noninvasive cells known as DCIS will progress to breast cancer.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
For squamous cell carcinoma patients, though, the lines weren’t as clear.
—Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
There are even some rare forms of skin cancer, such as Merkel cell carcinoma and Kaposi sarcoma, that are primarily virus-driven, notes Nghiem.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
The development of a gene classifier that strongly predicts the risk of invasive breast cancer for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), otherwise known as Stage 0, which often leaves too many patients wondering if the noninvasive cells known as DCIS will progress to breast cancer.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
For squamous cell carcinoma patients, though, the lines weren’t as clear.
—Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
There are even some rare forms of skin cancer, such as Merkel cell carcinoma and Kaposi sarcoma, that are primarily virus-driven, notes Nghiem.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcinoma
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Liquid biopsies must detect cancer early, differentiate between malignancies and avoid the pitfalls of false positives and negatives.—
Mariya Filipova,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Just as with labels on cigarettes, America's top doctor is calling for cancer risk warnings on alcohol after a report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to more than a half-dozen malignancies, including breast cancer.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Like Monaghan, who was diagnosed with melanoma in 2007, White is also an advocate for skin health.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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In a landmark trial published in 2021, oncologists at several cancer centers across the U.S. and in Israel gave fecal transplants to 10 patients with metastatic melanoma to try and improve their responses to PD-1 inhibitors.—
David Cox,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The 65-year-old was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma last year.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Over the last five months, Coulier has been battling stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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Jay North, known for his role as Dennis Mitchell in Sixties sitcom Dennis the Menace, died Sunday after a battle with cancer, Variety reports.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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The risk of being diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer typically occurs between 65 and 74.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) is long-term inflammation of the sinuses and nasal passages.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sugimoto was also able to successfully raise the species from the polyp stage, an early phase of development, marking the first time that stage had been identified for the entire Orchistoma genus, according to the NOAA.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Carcinoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcinoma. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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