Cancer means: A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation. Related words include constellation or soul. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Cancer in practice.
Cancer in a sentence
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Cancer meaning
- A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
- Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
Synonyms of Cancer
Example sentences (20)
Around 55,000 women and 370 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK, says Breast Cancer Now.
A revolutionary new cancer treatment is now available and working to heal cancer patients in Saskatchewan.
According to figures from the Irish Cancer Society, almost 44,000 people in Ireland get cancer each year.
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and Lancashire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Teams have plans to reach the community.
A cancer survivor from Prestwich is urging others to join her next month in an illuminating night-time walk for Cancer Research UK.
A colon cancer expert has revealed the four things young people should do avoid getting colon cancer as cases increase drastically.
Amy explained that doctors asked her following the news of her breast cancer what her plans to have children were - due to the type of cancer she has.
A recent study found that thousands of patients die early from pancreatic cancer and 36% of pancreatic cancer deaths could have been avoided if treated sooner.
A new Quit campaign highlighting the risks of vaping has been launched alongside research by Cancer Council Victoria's Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer.
Bowel cancer is the second biggest killer cancer after lung cancer and claims around 16,800 lives a year in the UK.
Specifically, ovarian cancer and breast cancer were found to be the most common forms of cancer, per the study.
Not to ending cancer – cancer is part of life – but ending death and suffering due to cancer, the major causes.
However, it was not seen in breast cancer, urinary tract cancer, brain cancer or melanoma cancer patients.
Colon cancer is the third-most common cancer in the U.S. and the second-most common cause of cancer-related death, May said.
So when you talk about indication it’s really not a specific indication as breast cancer or pancreatic cancer or lung cancer.
Bowel Cancer New Zealand communications manager Mary Bradley said bowel cancer was New Zealand's second-biggest cancer killer.
Lung cancer remains Iowa’s top cancer killer, but there’s a new type of lung cancer screening for people considered high-risk.
Sebeccly Cancer Care is a cancer care and advocacy organization dedicated to helping women living with breast and cervical cancer.
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the leading cancer among Canadian men.
Lung cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.
Phrases with cancer
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with cancer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- breast cancer 61×
- cancer research 37×
- cancer and 35×
- of cancer 32×
- prostate cancer 29×
- cancer is 29×
- lung cancer 28×
- cancer in 23×
- the cancer 12×
- bowel cancer 10×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word cancer. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.