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The same AI pattern-recognition that’s learning to spot breast tumors is being applied to thyroid screening, lung nodule detection and colonoscopies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

The diagnosis occurred last week, following a urinary screening that revealed a small nodule in his prostate, which revealed the aggressive Stage 4 prostate cancer, according to the statement.

From Slate ● May 20, 2025

A small nodule has been found in the prostate of former President Joe Biden during a routine physical exam.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

"If you're a sponge sitting on a nodule and we come and collect you, there will be an impact," he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025

“Right,” he said, and gripped a golden nodule that protruded from the trunk.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"It was her leg which was stuck within a rock cleft, and there was some space around the side of it and also nodules of rock which were stopping it from coming out," Rees said.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Before, Ahmad could tap — meaning to cut incisions in the acacia trees, which exude sap that a few weeks later hardens into nodules of Hashab gum — four orchards in one go.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

The rover also spotted small, bumpy structures called nodules.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

But the deep-sea mining industry -- which is keen to extract precious metals from these potato-sized polymetallic nodules -- and some researchers have expressed doubts about the claim.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

Five to ten days later, hard nodules began growing at the injection sites.

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