How to Use rhabdomyosarcoma in a Sentence

rhabdomyosarcoma

noun
Definition of rhabdomyosarcomanext
  • The Woods put the word out about Finn Shafran, who has a rare cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma.
    — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The mummy of a Chilean boy had a rare tumor called a rhabdomyosarcoma on his face, and nine Peruvian mummies bore the marks of melanoma.
    — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2013
  • The 3-year-old was diagnosed with a very rare, soft tissue cancer, called spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma, in July.
    — Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Doctors told the family Chloe had alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that forms in the soft tissue of skeletal muscle, or in organs such as the bladder or uterus.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • After 10 hours of surgery, doctors got almost all of what was diagnosed as a soft-tissue cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma.
    — John Maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 May 2017
  • More than 70 percent of children diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma that has not spread have long-term survival, according to St. Jude.
    — Fox News, 5 Oct. 2019
  • There are about 350 new cases of rhabdomyosarcoma in the country each year, according to the American Cancer Society.
    — Cydney Henderson, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Bonar's dog was diagnosed with a tumor on her larynx — laryngeal rhabdomyosarcoma — in 2013.
    — David Lazarus, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The most common are osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma, which mostly come from bones, and rhabdomyosarcoma, which arises from muscle.
    — Matteo Trucco, M.d., miamiherald, 29 May 2017
  • The boy was suffering from rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common type of soft-tissue sarcoma faced by children, according to the National Cancer Institute.
    — Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2017
  • Guanghua Xiao, $1.3 million to integrate whole slide imaging and genomic data to study pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.
    — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • At 16, doctors diagnosed Shae with rhabdomyosarcoma – a cancer of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2017

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