childhood cancer

collocation in English

meaningsofchildhoodandcancer

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childhood
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/us
/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/
the time when someone is ...
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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 ofchildhoodandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To illustrate, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most commonchildhoodcancer, can be cured with chemotherapy that includes the drug mercaptopurine.
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Their insightful comments provided useful information in the process of developing the desired program to serve bereaved families afterchildhoodcancer.
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Outcomes on these measures were compared with a sample of parents ofchildhoodcancersurvivors from our hospital.
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The study investigates factors from three different aspects in the context ofchildhoodcancer: children's illness-related and demographic variables, demographic variables of the parents, and the parents' coping approaches.
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Groups potentially at risk for making poorly informed decisions about entry into clinical trials forchildhoodcancer.
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However, several epidemiological studies are currently under way to investigatechildhoodcancerin relation to various possible causes including electromagnetic fields.
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The committee will then be asked to participate in a review of the evidence relating to the incidence ofchildhoodcanceraround nuclear installations.
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This large study is designed to investigatechildhoodcancerin relation to various possible causes including exposure to electric and magnetic fields.
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The primary focus of concern has been on power lines andchildhoodcancerwhere the results have not shown a proven link.
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Several epidemiological studies are currently under way to investigatechildhoodcancerin relation to various possible causes, including electromagnetic fields.
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It is investigating cases ofchildhoodcancerfor which the causes are still unknown.
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It started in 1992 and has examined a number of factors which might be implicated inchildhoodcancer.
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It is not possible to attribute any individual cases ofchildhoodcancerto electric fields.
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Breast feeding also protects against respiratory infection,childhoodcancer, diabetes and cot-death.
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Very little is known generally about the causes ofchildhoodcancer.
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Any prospect of reducing the toll of suffering and death fromchildhoodcancerdeserves the most serious consideration.
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Tests undertaken later showed it to be a neuroblastoma, which is one of the most dangerous forms ofchildhoodcancer.
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As a consequence of the improved survival rates, the number of adult survivors ofchildhoodcancerhas greatly increased.
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It is achildhoodcancer.
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