cancer survivor

collocation in English

meaningsofcancerandsurvivor

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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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survivor
noun[C]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vər/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɚ/
a person who continues to live, despite ...
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(Definition ofcancerandsurvivorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As many of you must surely know, the spouse of acancersurvivoroften carries a heavier burden than even the survivor him- or herself.
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Unterberger was acancersurvivor, having endured four surgeries between 1950 and 1964.
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He is also acancersurvivorhaving been diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2004.
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However, it may cause nerve damage that may significantly alter the quality of life of the prostatecancersurvivor.
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She is acancersurvivor, successfully recovering from colorectal cancer, through a combination of neo-adjuvant medical therapies, nutritional and dietary changes.
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Hale herself is acancersurvivor, and a grandmother.
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She suffers from multiple sclerosis and is an ovariancancersurvivor.
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He is acancersurvivor, having been diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma in 2007.
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As a lungcancersurvivorhe has focused on holistic alternative integrative health and wellness interventions.
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His daughter, herself acancersurvivor, advised him to write a diary to keep himself mentally busy during that difficult time.
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He is also a thyroidcancersurvivor, having undergone curative thyroid surgery in 1994.
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Betinis is a three-timecancersurvivor, an experience she cites as an important influence in her work.
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He was suffering through various health problems from obesity to diabetes and was a two-timecancersurvivor.
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Alter, acancersurvivor, has written about his own bout with lymphoma and experience with an autologous adult stem cell transplant.
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Saks is also acancersurvivor.
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Kurt is acancersurvivorwho lost his left leg, above the knee, to an osteosarcoma in 1988.
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Menzies, who also battled cancer and is an ovariancancersurvivor, continues to work for the center.
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Bowen is acancersurvivor, having battled the disease between the ages of 4 and 7.
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Green is also a testicularcancersurvivor.
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