cancerous
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Priests and parishioners in Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago expressed shock, support and hope Wednesday after doctors discovered that a nodule removed from his lung was cancerous.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Those proteins then encourage intestinal stem cells to divide more rapidly, creating more opportunities for some of the cells to become cancerous.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
According to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, these cancerous cells crowd out the normal cells, which can affect things like a person’s ability to fight infections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
However, after going to a different vet surgery, he says he was told Louis' rash was not cancerous.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
First, it seemed that all normal cells growing in culture eventually died or underwent spontaneous transformation and became cancerous.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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