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What does cancer mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cancer? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
  2. (figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
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The major problem with excess abdominal fat is that it is highly associated with the development of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
But what caused the cancer in the first place, and what can we do about it?
When this happens, your risk of thyroid cancer developing years later is slightly increased, in proportion to the absorbed dose of radioiodine.
Health campaigners blame the power lines for the above average cancer rate that afflicts the area.
In ovarian cancer, one cycle of topotecan costs over 10 times more than a cycle of cisplatin.
Particularly absorbing is the account of Mario's battles with back injuries and cancer, and the lessons to be learned from them.

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