Examples of malignancy in a Sentence
the malignancy of the tumor
The test revealed a malignancy in the patient's chest.
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Liquid biopsies must detect cancer early, differentiate between malignancies and avoid the pitfalls of false positives and negatives.
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Mariya Filipova, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Just as with labels on cigarettes, America's top doctor is calling for cancer risk warnings on alcohol after a report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to more than a half-dozen malignancies, including breast cancer.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Trump is a reverse Trojan Horse: a shred of reason inside a thick armor of malignancy.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
It is typically associated with gastrointestinal malignancies, as well as:
Bladder cancer
Colon cancer
Gastric adenocarcinoma6
Kidney cancer4
Liver cancer
Lymphoma
Stomach cancer3
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AN can present differently depending on skin tone.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025
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Mariya Filipova, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Just as with labels on cigarettes, America's top doctor is calling for cancer risk warnings on alcohol after a report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to more than a half-dozen malignancies, including breast cancer.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Trump is a reverse Trojan Horse: a shred of reason inside a thick armor of malignancy.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
It is typically associated with gastrointestinal malignancies, as well as:
Bladder cancer
Colon cancer
Gastric adenocarcinoma6
Kidney cancer4
Liver cancer
Lymphoma
Stomach cancer3
Acanthosis Nigricans in Different Skin Tones
AN can present differently depending on skin tone.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malignancy. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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malignancy
noun
ma·lig·nan·cy
mə-ˈlig-nən-sē 
plural malignancies
1
: the quality or state of being malignant
2
: a malignant tumor
Medical Definition
malignancy
noun
ma·lig·nan·cy
mə-ˈlig-nən-sē
plural malignancies
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