How to Use lymphoma in a Sentence

lymphoma

noun
Definition of lymphomanext
Synonyms for lymphomanext
  • Her wife, Zoe Matoff, said the cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    — George Gene Gustines, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, said her wife, Zoe Matoff.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Sam Chwat died of lymphoma in 2011 at the age of fifty-seven.
    — Janet Malcolm, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The mix turned out to be a soup of free-floating lymphoma cells that were shed by the tumor.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • His daughter, Cindy Gustafson, said the cause was lymphoma.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The cause was Hodgkin’s lymphoma, said his daughter, Sara Hogan.
    — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Ray Schulte, Fosbury’s former agent, said in a statement that the cause of death was lymphoma.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Many of Jeff Bridges' fans were shocked to learn that the acclaimed actor is battling lymphoma.
    — NBC News, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The former head of the Catholic Diocese of Orange died Sunday at age 86 from lymphoma.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2003 and coached for a time from a wheelchair on the sidelines.
    — Washington Post, 31 July 2020
  • There are three main types of blood cancer, leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, all of which affect the body's blood cells.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The cause was not specified, but he had been treated for years for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    — Washington Post, 31 July 2020
  • There are three main types of blood cancer: leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Retinoids, drugs derived from vitamin A, are used to treat some types of skin lymphoma.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health, 27 July 2023
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the white blood cells and affects parts of the body’s immune system.
    — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022
  • That’s usually used for hard-to-treat blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • He had been diagnosed with Stage 4 lymphoma while in prison.
    — Kathy McCormack, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • His wife, the poet and novelist Helen Klein Ross, said the cause was lymphoma.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 May 2022
  • The cause was lymphoma, a spokesman announced on Instagram.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In 1963, she was diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In January 2023, a scan revealed the lymphoma was back.
    — Trudy Pachon, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
  • Hardy said in 2004 that she’d been diagnosed with lymphoma.
    — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • Vinyl chloride has also been linked to brain and lung cancers, lymphoma and leukemia.
    — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • However, the stage of Hodgkin’s lymphoma and a person’s age affect these rates.
    — Courtesy Of Berzhia Mizani, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Gilead’s Kite unit makes Yescarta for the treatment of certain types of large B-cell lymphoma, a blood cancer.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • There are two types of lymphoma: Hodgkin lymphoma (which is less severe) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Nov. 2024
  • His wife, the literary critic Emily Apter, said the cause was B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The website said that the gas can also lead to cancers, including lymphoma and leukemia.
    — Erin Yarnall, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2021
  • In that case, a school groundskeeper claimed the company’s Roundup product caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Some of the cancers were later determined to be lymphoma, colorectal and breast.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024

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