词组 | cancer |
释义 | cancer /ˈkænsə $ -ər/ noun a very serious disease in which cells in one part of the body start to grow in a way that is not normaladjectives/nouns + cancerlung/stomach/breast/bowel etc cancer He died of stomach cancer.skin cancer Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer.terminal cancer (=cancer that cannot be treated, which will cause you to die) My aunt has terminal cancer and she is not expected to live very long.You can say lung cancer, stomach cancer etc, or cancer of the lung, stomach etc. verbshave/suffer from cancer Her father suffers from a rare form of cancer.get/develop cancer also contract cancer formal One in three people will develop cancer at some stage in their lives. | His wife contracted liver cancer and died suddenly.die of/from cancer He died of cancer last year.treat cancer The drug is used to treat cancer.cause cancer Everyone knows that smoking causes cancer.prevent cancer The new treatment may be used to prevent cancer.screen sb for cancer (=check to see if someone has cancer) Doctors are encouraging people to get screened for cancer regularly.detect cancer (=find that someone has cancer) If the cancer is detected early, the patient has a better chance of survival. be diagnosed with cancer (=a doctor says that someone has cancer, after examining them and doing tests) Each year 40,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK.survive cancer also beat cancer informal Many people survive cancer. | It is possible to beat cancer.a cancer spreads The cancer had spread to his stomach.cancer + nounscancer research Millions of dollars are spent each year on cancer research.a cancer drug Cancer drugs are often extremely expensive.cancer cells Chemotherapy is treatment with drugs which destroy cancer cells.a cancer patient Less than 8% of lung cancer patients are alive five years after diagnosis.a cancer sufferer Some breast cancer sufferers say they have been denied treatment.cancer treatment The Christie Hospital is one of the foremost cancer treatment hospitals in the UK.cancer deaths also deaths from cancer Cancer deaths have gone down in recent years.cancer survival rates also the survival rate from cancer Some countries have better cancer survival rates than ours.a cancer ward (=a part of a hospital for cancer patients to stay in) He was moved to a cancer ward in the local hospital.phrasesthe risk of cancer Smoking increases the risk of cancer.a type/form of cancer There are over 200 different types of cancer.a cause of cancer The organization carries out research into the causes of cancer.treatment for cancer The drug can be used as a treatment for cancer.sb’s fight/battle/struggle against cancer He died after a long struggle against cancer. |
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