bowel cancer

collocation in English

meaningsofbowelandcancer

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bowel
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/ˈbaʊ.əl/us
/ˈbaʊ.əl/
the long tube that carries solid waste from the stomach out of ...
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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 ofbowelandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The research estimated thatbowelcancercosts almost £1.1billion per annum to manage.
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We had a young man with widespreadbowelcancer.
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Simulation results from the pathway model were used to inform policy onbowelcancerservice provision.
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These drugs - like all drugs - had both risks (in this case, heart attack and stroke) and possible benefits (reducing the risk ofbowelcancer).
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The model was, therefore, equally useful in directing future clinical and economic research requirements in addition to identifying specific beneficial changes to thebowelcancerservice.
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A number of families have a predisposition to breast cancer,bowelcanceror brain cancer.
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Most of that is driven by evidence-based research and screening for other conditions, such as prostate andbowelcancer, may be added to existing provision.
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Bowelcanceris a new area for screening, with new tests available.
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There are no current plans to establish and fund a screening programme forbowelcancer.
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Those new treatments were not previously available for, for example, patients with breast cancer orbowelcancer.
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That important test can determine at an early stage whether someone is likely to be suffering from the consequences ofbowelcancer.
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The methodology for a nationalbowelcancerscreening programme is not clear cut.
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However, most sufferers unfortunately do not have a family history ofbowelcancer, which is why screening is most important.
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Discussion of cancer andbowelcancerissues will be part of that process.
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Bowelcanceris one of the most preventable cancers and one of the more curable if caught early.
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This is mostly accounted for by increases in breast cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer,bowelcancer, melanoma, mesothelioma and lymphomas.
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Bowelcanceris the third commonest cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, and the second commonest cause of cancer death—after lung cancer.
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He went into the hospital for the reversal of a colostomy following an operation forbowelcancerthe previous year.
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The value of screening for colorectal orbowelcanceris uncertain.
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