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cancerous

ADJECTIVE
malignant
Synonyms


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That could create opportunities to intervene earlier while avoiding unnecessary treatment for people whose blood changes may not be cancerous.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Aside from the cancerous growth, not much of this is new.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

That’s why the gold standard is a colonoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure that uses a scope with a camera to examine the large intestine’s lining for precancerous or cancerous polyps.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

The drug, called mirvetuximab soravtansine, is a known as a "biological missile" as it delivers chemotherapy drugs direct to the cancerous tissue rather than to the whole body - reducing debilitating side-effects.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

In addition to that study, TeLinde thought, if he could find a way to grow living samples from normal cervical tissue and both types of cancerous tissue —something never done before—he could compare all three.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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