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cancer

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'cancer', 'Cancer': /ˈkænsə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkænsɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kan′sər)

Collocations for "cancer"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "cancer" in context.

cancer

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.

[breast, testicular, ovarian, stomach, prostate, skin] cancer
[prevent, treat, avoid] cancer
has been fighting cancer for [six months]
is having [chemotherapy, treatment] for (his) cancer
is undergoing [chemotherapy] for cancer
is the main cause of [lung, liver] cancer
Smoking causes [throat, mouth, lung] cancer.
increases [the, your] risk of (lung, skin) cancer
is [withered, frail] from (the) cancer
(died) after a [long, short] battle with cancer
died of cancer [at age, at the age of]
will (not) go on to develop cancer
the cancer has [withered, emaciated, shriveled] (her skin)
a [deadly, fatal] type of cancer
diagnosed with terminal cancer
diagnosed with stage-4 (breast) cancer
The doctor told me I had cancer.
has malignant cancer
The cancer is malignant.
[Most, Some] cancers are [curable, incurable].
the cancer has spread (to)
The cancer has metastasized.
the cancer is still [contained in, limited to]
Her cancer was [caught, diagnosed] early.
[studies, research] into [breast] cancer
lives [taken, cut short] by cancer
[all the, so many] lives lost to cancer
the [onslaught, development, spread] of cancer
rates of childhood cancer [increased, fell, went up] (by)
[people, patients, children] with cancer
[Racism, Extremism, Terrorism] is a cancer.
a [growing, sweeping] cancer in [Europe]
the cancer [haunting, threatening, weakening] our society

n as adj

cancer [cells, treatment]
(terminal) cancer patients
[carry out, conduct, do] cancer research
is a cancer [specialist, nurse]
fundraising [events, programs, activities] for cancer research
[advances, progress, developments] in cancer treatments
cancer care
the (children's) cancer ward
[childhood, breast] cancer rates
had a cancer scare

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'cancer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

age - battle - cause - cure - defeat - develop - die - fight - have - heal - kill - live - lose - pass - progress - remain - screen - target - test - win - awareness - case - death - event - growth - brain - breast - childhood - danger - truth - treatment - threat - research - proceed - patient - mouth - skin - sick - related - powerful - bladder - bone - bowel - colon - kidney - lung - survival - cell - charity - consequence

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Collocations for "cancer"

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