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In 2012, the actor was at the peak of his career as a regular on NBC’s Parenthood, with a child of his own on the way, when his father, Dave Shepard, was diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma.
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Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Since his initial metastatic pheochromocytoma of the liver diagnosis in 2021, which has changed to adrenocortical carcinoma and moved to different parts of Gilbert’s body, the musician has shared every step of his arduous journey.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2026
Jose was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a serious and potentially aggressive cancer.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
She was also diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma in her 20s before getting diagnosed again decades later with squamous cell cancer—a form of skin cancer—that took two surgeries to remove.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 15 Mar. 2026
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Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Since his initial metastatic pheochromocytoma of the liver diagnosis in 2021, which has changed to adrenocortical carcinoma and moved to different parts of Gilbert’s body, the musician has shared every step of his arduous journey.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2026
Jose was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a serious and potentially aggressive cancer.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
She was also diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma in her 20s before getting diagnosed again decades later with squamous cell cancer—a form of skin cancer—that took two surgeries to remove.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcinoma
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And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who received a targeted pill from Revolution Medicines lived nearly twice as long as patients who received chemotherapy, a striking result in an especially deadly and intractable malignancy.—
Jason Mast,
STAT,
13 Apr. 2026
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Like the vaccine that helped Blechner, Merck and Moderna’s melanoma treatment is personalized, meaning an individual patient’s tumor cells are used to engineer a highly specific immune response.—
Caleb Hellerman,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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McEntire was a stepmother to Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, who died in August 2025, years after being diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Durnell says decades of Roundup use caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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AstraZeneca is conducting a Phase 2 trial of its combination therapy for patients with an aggressive form of lymphoma.—
Lizzy Lawrence,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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But, after the couple retired and migrated south to Mexico City, Hurst dove back into photography with gusto, until his death, from cancer, in 2023.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Buckingham Palace announced in February 2024 that Charles had a form of cancer, discovered after a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Critically, each feeding polyp sends its food to a common digestive system, so the entire colony feeds as one unified organism.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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One type of polyp handles feeding, extending above the sand and secreting a mucus net to capture small prey.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Carcinoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcinoma. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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