stomach cancer

collocation in English

meaningsofstomachandcancer

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stomach
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstʌm.ək/us
/ˈstʌm.ək/
an organ in the body where food is digested, or the soft front part of your body just below ...
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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 ofstomachandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Take, for example, the 56-year-old mother of a 31-year-old writer who died ofstomachcancer.
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Suppose a patient in the late stages ofstomachcanceris dying in a hospital.
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However, these facilities are not uniformly available in most developing countries wherestomachcanceris common.
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In 1995 an averagestomachcancerpatient was hospitalized for 37.5 days.
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Overall, they offer some support that abundant antioxidants in diet and high consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk forstomachcancer.
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Correlation of blood groupings with the incidence of diseases such asstomachcancerand peptic ulceration has been achieved but the mechanism remains obscure.
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A favorable effect of antioxidants on cancer mortality (particularly fromstomachcancer) was noted in only one randomized study.
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Detailed medical costs for every cancer type are not available, and we use costs related tostomachcancerfor all types included.
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Stomachcanceris almost certainly a disease of many causes.
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Stomachcancercomprises less than 1% of all dyspepsia and seldom appears in people below 45 years of age.
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Stomachcancer, which seldom appears below age 40, is approximately twice as common in men than in women.
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Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium associated withstomachcancer.
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Changes in diet could prevent up to half of all cases of breast cancer and three out of four cases ofstomachcancer.
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He also threwstomachcancerinto the debate.
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Particular attention is being given to the formation of nitrosamines and to the possibility of a relationship between these substances andstomachcancer.
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Suggestions of a possible link betweenstomachcancerand infection with helicobacter pylori emerged around 1990.
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Subsequent research has shown that nitrates are not a possible cause ofstomachcanceras was thought to be the case some years ago.
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It may also, although the research is not conclusive, causestomachcancer.
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There is no evidence ofstomachcancerrelated to nitrate use.
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