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tumors

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tumors.

Editorial note

These benign tumors are mistakenly treated as malignant tumors because they were detected too early.

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Quick take

(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tumors.

noun

(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

Example sentences

1

These benign tumors are mistakenly treated as malignant tumors because they were detected too early.

2

The more screenings you have, the time at which potential tumors are spotted is pushed back, and more non-dangerous tumors are caught.

3

This along with the conversion to heat is the part that kills tumors, causes burns, and exposes film.

4

There are several novel ways to deliver drugs to tumors in the brain in trials.

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And then another study about how polyunsaturated fats can cause metastasis -- wait no they are effective against tumors in another study.

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It is often mutated in tumors, and multiple studies have picked it up as having a role in driving migration, metastasis, etc.

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But how can I, when those nutrients can selectively feed or attack the tumors according to nih.gov!

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I don't know if the latest research shows it doesn't pick up tumors, or doctors are just too busy?

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The tumors that get serious are the ones that escape the immune system.

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They did an MRI to check out his brain - and found tumors.

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Industry labs don't generally have access to primary (from patients) tumors so they have to partner with academics or contract research organizations (CROs).

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Friends dragged her to an ER where she was scanned for tumors.

Quote examples

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The report goes on to discuss the methods of the study, noting "The discovery came from a team of scientists who studied human glioma tumors implanted in mouse brains.

2

The article touches on several important aspects of working in this space -- mainly, the benefits are real (even for people who aren't able to diagnose their own brain tumors), but there is cultural resistance to giving patients the "real" data.

3

I haven't read the paper, but according to the article, "The treatment, known as immunotherapy, uses the body's immune system to attack cancerous cells." Rather than trying to kill the cancerous cells, the drugs allow your body to attack the tumors.

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The scientists used a technique called optogenetics, which uses light to control brain cells, to increase the activity of cells near the tumors." So this wasn't a human study, and it wasn't an intervention of asking the mice to think more or less, or to think differently, but rather an intervention of stimulating certain brain cells.

Proper noun examples

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Tumors are also, sadly, the less scary subcase of cancer.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use tumors in a sentence?

These benign tumors are mistakenly treated as malignant tumors because they were detected too early.

What does tumors mean?

(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

What part of speech is tumors?

tumors is commonly used as noun.