cancerous
Cancer
noun
uk /ˈkæn.sər/ us /ˈkæn.sɚ/
a constellation (= group of stars) said to look like a crab(= a sea creature with five pairs of legs and a hard shell):
Praesepe is a faint cluster of stars in the constellation of Cancer.
[ C or U ]
the fourth sign of the zodiac, relating to the period from 22 June to 22 July and represented by a crab, or a person born during this period: 巨蟹宫（黄道第4宫）;出生于巨蟹宫时段（即在6月22日至7月22日之间）的人
If your birthday is July 10 then your zodiac sign is Cancer.
My sister is a Cancer.
Astronomers have discovered a fifth planet orbiting a star in the constellation Cancer.
You can spot Venus near the star cluster in Cancer.
Both players were born under the star sign of Cancer.

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cancer
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈkæn·sər/

cancernoun[C/U] (DISEASE)

a disease in which cells in the body grow without control, or a serious medical condition caused by this disease:
[ U ]He died from cancer of the stomach.

cancerous

adjectiveus/ˈkæn·sər·əs/
Surgeons removed a cancerous growth from her lung.
Cancer
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈkæn·sər/
the fourth sign of the zodiac, covering the period June 22 to July 22 and represented by a crab, or a person born during this period

Examples of cancer

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There are no confirmed findings demonstrating the protective effects of high consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables against this form of cancer.
However, some participants reported that cancer had no impact on their life priorities.
These physicians reported that on average 10% of their primary care patients had a history of cancer.
The caregivers of the cancer patients reported feelings of confusion and helplessness.
The past and current medications used in their cancer treatment were also examined in detail for an accurate evaluation.
Sensitivity analyses surrounding the base-line risk of hernia, mortality rates for patients with nonoperative cancer, and rates of re-operation after recurrence were also conducted.
One-time expenditure on screening could be substantially offset by savings in treating cancer cases in the long-term.
The reasons for the dominance of kinase (and other enzyme) inhibitors as targets for modern cancer therapeutics are centred on the enzyme substrate-binding site.
The ability to direct therapy to specific molecular targets on cancer cells provides several advantages over standard chemotherapy, including higher specificity and reduced systemic toxicity.
Unlike many other types of cancers, only a small fraction of prostate cancer cases are aggressive and life-threatening.
However, it is uncertain how large a percentage of the patients with early bladder cancer received such treatment.
In some cases these cancers are so rare that useful trials present enormous challenges.
These issues have perhaps been best studied in cancer.
Signalling pathways involved in normal bone remodelling and osteoclastic bone resorption are utilised by metastatic breast cancer cells to promote growth in bone.
Rather, the depressed group showed a reduced-risk : only 0.4 % of the depressed group (three persons) were diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Collocations withcancer

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These are words often used in combination with cancer.

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advanced cancer
Complexity in caring for patients with advancedcancer.
bladder cancer
However, it is uncertain how large a percentage of the patients with early bladdercancer received such treatment.
bone cancer
The cause was bonecancer.
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