cancer specialist
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcancerandspecialist
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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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specialist
noun[C]
uk/ˈspeʃ.əl.ɪst/us/ˈspeʃ.əl.ɪst/
someone who has a lot of experience, knowledge, or skill in a ...
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(Definition ofcancerandspecialistfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Unfortunately, it takes seven years to train acancerspecialist.
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If he will make a statement on the two-week waiting period for referral to acancerspecialist.
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I have discussed this matter with an eminentcancerspecialist.
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At the same clinic there will be a breastcancerspecialistoncologist, and a nurse counsellor who has been specially trained for the purpose.
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It is generally recognised that all forms of cancer should be treated incancerspecialistcentres.
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That hospital is the leadingcancerspecialisttertiary referral service in the country.
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The chief medical officer, who is acancerspecialist, has established an expert advisory group that will look carefully at the whole question of cancer services in this country.
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They aim to find the sixth, and his body, to see what an autopsy might tell acancerspecialist.
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He inspired people, both through his work as acancerspecialistand through his own three-year battle with an aggressive, highly malignant brain tumour.
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In the meantime, cancer specialists obtained the first proof that a disseminated cancer can be cured by chemotherapy.
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Researchers who compared the readiness of different cancer specialists to enroll their patients in clinical trials of cancer therapies found important differences among subspecialties.
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Yes, we still have a shortage of cancer specialists.
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The reality is that cancer specialists are unable to treat patients because of a shortage of beds.
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Cancer specialists have asked for 600 oncologists—specialist cancer doctors—during the next three years, but they have been promised 1,000 in six years.
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The expert group on cancer believes that there may be a need for more cancer specialists.
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What percentage of urgent cancer referrals are currently seen by cancer specialists?
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As to the number of cancer specialists, there are very different types of cancer consultants.
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This essential core knowledge is included only at a very superficial level in the postgraduate training of cancer specialists.
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There will be an extra 400 cancer specialists and increased spending on cancer drugs.
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