lung cancer

collocation in English

meaningsoflungandcancer

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lung
noun[C]
uk
/lʌŋ/us
/lʌŋ/
either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some ...
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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 oflungandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Quality-of-life f ollowing thoracotomy forlungcancer.
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The format must be appropriate for people with a fluctuating health status, such as those with advancedlungcancer.
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Local irradiation alone for peripheral stage 1lungcancer: could we omit the elective regional nodal irradiation?
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We did little about mounting and compelling evidence that socioeconomic factors were among the most important predisposing factors for asthma, diabetes, andlungcancer.
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A national website presents results from some of the most comprehensive databases (currently covering heart failure, hip fractures,lungcancer, schizophrenia, strokes, and diabetes).
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People withlungcancercan often be too sick to participate in supportive care trials.
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In order to investigate the true causes oflungcancerthe committee wished to covenant £250,000 over a period of seven years.
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In 1957, four health organizations issued a report linking smoking tolungcancer.
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There were national differences in the process of consolidation of the science, for example in terms of opposition to the smoking andlungcancerhypothesis.
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Whenlungcancerwas diagnosed, poor respiratory capacity precluded curative resection.
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Frequency and correlates of fatigue inlungcancerpatients receiving radiation therapy: implications for management.
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Screening for prostate andlungcancerraises similar imponderables.
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Changes in hope and power inlungcancerpatients who exercise.
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