liver cancer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofliverandcancer
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liver
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈlɪv.ər/us/ˈlɪv.ɚ/
a large organ in the body that cleans the blood and produces bile, or this organ from an animal used ...
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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 ofliverandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The discrepancy between incidence and death data in the registry may be due to differences in certification practice, which systematically omit some deaths fromlivercancer.
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They begged to be allowed to return to see their father, who was dying oflivercancer.
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In 1991, 510 men and 242 women died from primarylivercancer.
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The fatality rate is high, and the infection may also be associated with progression to chronic liver disease, includinglivercancer.
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I shall refer to prostate cancer, bowel cancer and primarylivercancer.
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If not treated, that may eventually develop over a number of years into cirrhosis, or occasionallylivercancer.
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A proportion of those with liver disease will go on to develop liver failure orlivercancer.
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Some people go to the doctor and their condition is diagnosed when the next step of their liver failure could belivercancer.
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Other cancers being researched include lung cancer,livercancerand childhood tumours, and there are also studies on smoking and radon in houses.
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Data collected on primarylivercancerare not broken down by specific cause.
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Primarylivercanceris the most common in the world.
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It is a carcinogen that causeslivercancer.
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In later years, therefore, there is likely to be a significant increase in primarylivercancer.
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These found a small excess of primarylivercancerin people living near to incinerators between 1974 and 1987.
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This study found no evidence of an excess incidence of most of the cancer types studied among populations living near incinerators, although an excess incidence oflivercancerwas reported.
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Tonight we are talking about patients with a serious condition resulting in haemolytic anaemia, fatigue, flu-like symptoms, bone marrow suppression andlivercancerand liver function failure.
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Approximately 5 percent of people with cirrhosis developlivercancer.
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