bone cancer

collocation in English

meaningsofboneandcancer

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bone
noun[C or U]
uk
/bəʊn/us
/boʊn/
any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up ...
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cancer
noun
uk
/ˈkæn.sər/us
/ˈkæn.sɚ/
a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often ...
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(Definition ofboneandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The cause wasbonecancer.
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The patient subsequently went on to develop bowed and deformed legs, an enlarged skull, and eventuallybonecancerin his left forearm, which ultimately led to his death.
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What has been the incidence ofbonecancer, premature births, abnormal children born, and so forth?
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None of the bones examined has come from a case ofbonecancer.
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Figures of cases ofbonecancerin these areas are not available.
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He keeps hisbonecancera secret.
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He died in 1999 bybonecancer.
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Sr can be used in treatment ofbonecancer.
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It is used in palliation ofbonecancer.
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She died from secondarybonecancerin 1960.
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How many new cases of leukaemia,bonecancerand genetic damage would result from the proposed series of tests?
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Secondly, a small amount of strontium 90 may not do any harm, but, on the other hand, it may inducebonecancerin certain cases.
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Does he yet know how much it means in terms of human damage—new cases ofbonecancerand leukaemia and of genetic damage?
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Claims that breaking bones resulted inbonecancer, for example, have never been proven.
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When he was 15, in 1944, his father died ofbonecancer.
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Bestall was unable to receive the award in person because he hadbonecancer.
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He has also studied the effect of nicotine on bone arteriole blood flow andbonecancer.
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When she was 16 she was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, a painfulbonecancer.
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He died in 1993 at the age of 67 frombonecancer.
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The doctors then discovered she had a rare and painful form ofbonecancer, osteogenic sarcoma.
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Their exposure to radium caused serious health effects which included sores, anemia, andbonecancer.
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He had been at a hospice center, where he died ofbonecancer.
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Its presence in bones might possibly causebonecancer, cancer of nearby tissues, and leukemia.
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