How to Use malignant melanoma in a Sentence

malignant melanoma

noun
  • Take the case of a 40-year old man with malignant melanoma who came to see me.
    John Mulder, STAT, 3 July 2022
  • In July 2018, Paschal was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma on the bottom of his foot.
    Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The results returned with the unfortunate news of a malignant melanoma.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The month before, Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, said that she had been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Despite the fact that women and men both have skin and can both develop malignant melanoma — one of the deadliest cancers — more than twice as many men than women die of the disease.
    Armin Brott, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Well, last week my daughter was diagnosed with malignant melanoma after a mole was removed.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The work, conducted in mice, shows that antioxidants can change cells in ways that fuel the spread of malignant melanoma—the most serious skin cancer—to different parts of the body.
    Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2015
  • The team said he was diagnosed with type-2 malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer that could be easily removed and treated because it was caught early on.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Paschal could be picked on day two of the NFL draft less than four years after undergoing immunotherapy treatments for a malignant melanoma.
    Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2022
  • A few weeks later, Daniel was diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma.
    James Welsh, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2014
  • Flatley has previously said that he was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma in 2003.
    Reuters, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Paschal was also diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2018 and underwent three surgeries, but returned to play that season.
    cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Flatley was previously diagnosed with a malignant melanoma in 2003, and has raised money for cancer since.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Paschal completed a year of immunotherapy treatments for a malignant melanoma in August 2019 and is now a team captain and projected starter at defensive end.
    Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Flatley also had cancer in 2003 when he was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma after it was spotted by a viewer on MTV during an appearance.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The Duchess of York, 64, announced on Sunday she had been diagnosed with malignant melanoma just months after undergoing a mastectomy to treat an early form of breast cancer.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The Duchess, who is popularly known as Fergie, was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer in June 2023, and doctors found a malignant melanoma during her reconstructive surgery.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Ferguson, 64, who was married to Prince Andrew, was treated for breast cancer last year and has now been diagnosed with malignant melanoma after several moles were removed.
    Reuters, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • But there was another possibility that was far more serious: malignant melanoma of the retina.
    Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Shortly after Schlarman was diagnosed, Kentucky defensive lineman Josh Paschal discovered a lesion on the bottom of his foot that turned out to be malignant melanoma.
    Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2020
  • However, in August of 2018, a malignant melanoma lesion was discovered on his foot, and Paschal began immunotherapy treatment.
    Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Flatley previously battled cancer in 2003, when he was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Rates of a few specific types of cancer — including malignant melanoma, thyroid cancer and prostate cancer — have been found to be modestly elevated, but researchers say that could be due to more cases being caught in medical monitoring programs.
    David B. Caruso, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Apart from painful burns, cancers like squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, hemangioma or hemangiosarcoma can be caused by excessive exposure to UV radiation.
    Patty Khuly, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Apart from painful burns, cancers like squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, hemangioma or hemangiosarcoma can be caused by excessive exposure to UV radiation.
    Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 3 May 2018
  • Fergie has continued to raise awareness since sharing in January that she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, following post-operative analysis of a mole removed during reconstructive surgery following her mastectomy.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
  • Fergie has continued to raise awareness since announcing in January that she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, following post-operative analysis of a mole removed during reconstructive surgery following her mastectomy.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024

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