cancer

[US]/ˈkænsə(r)/
[UK]/ˈkænsər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a malignant or dangerous thing that spreads rapidly

Phrases & Collocations

lung cancer

breast cancer

prostate cancer

skin cancer

colon cancer

ovarian cancer

brain cancer

liver cancer

gastric cancer

colorectal cancer

cancer cell

cervical cancer

pancreatic cancer

cancer research

esophageal cancer

bladder cancer

rectal cancer

esophagus cancer

stomach cancer

rectum cancer

advanced cancer

terminal cancer

Example Sentences

the cancer is hopelessly advanced.

inoperable cancer of the pancreas.

cancers that metastasize to the brain.

a cancer research institute.

noninvasive cancer of the bladder.

The diagnosis was ovarian cancer.

fight cancer; fight temptation.

most skin cancers are curable.

the family history of cancer in close relatives.

most skin cancers are completely curable.

a noteworthy advance in cancer research.

a support group for cancer survivors.

bureaucracy is the cancer of our society.

A cancer of bigotry spread through the community.

pioneer in cancer research

Violence is a cancer in our society.

Cancer ate away the healthy flesh.

Incomputable, cancer cell forms cancer cell group.

Real-world Examples

Well, except bladder cancer in laboratory animals, and other kinds of cancer and other laboratory animals.

Source: Listening Digest

Now you can have my cancer, too!

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) July 2015 Collection

As I have a difficult cancer to treat.

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2023 Collection

HPV vaccines, introduced in 2006, prevent cervical cancer.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

His family said the cause was pancreatic cancer.

Source: PBS English News

Beth, The man has stage IV stomach cancer.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

He's living with advancing prostate cancer on top of long-standing HIV.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) September 2015 Collection

The kind of disease I have is a pediatric cancer.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2019 Collection

When he was around 40, he developed pancreatic cancer.

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

Oh, can you believe they gave Stephanie skin cancer?

Source: Friends Season 2

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