malignant
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Earlier this year, he disclosed that surgeons had successfully removed what he described as a "small, early-stage malignant tumour" from his prostate.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Mother-of-two Rebecca Dance, from Berkshire, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma aged 39.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
CAR-T therapy engineers a patient’s own T cells to target and destroy malignant cells, while checkpoint inhibitors remove the immune system’s brakes that tumors use to evade attack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
A quack doctor pitched patent medicines from the back of a wagon: “A rare cordial to fortify the innards against infective parasites, unwholesome damps, and malignant effluvia!”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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