curable

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When we got the diagnosis of Stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a curable form of blood cancer, my first words in response were, “I am thrilled.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

A new scientific breakthrough in the field of Alzheimer’s research is raising hopes that the cruel, crippling and fatal brain disease may eventually become curable.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Ms Wood said Ms Shemirani died from the progression of a disease which was curable but not treated.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

“One of the things we talk about is cancer within a team and how there are times when cancer can really affect a lot of things and it’s not curable and it spreads,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

You feel it coming on halfway through a shift or later, and you can interpret it the normal way as a symptom of a kind of low-level illness, curable with immediate rest.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich