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- noun Plural form of
cancer .
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Examples
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If the pattern of clinical features and/or cancers is suggestive of a WT1-related Wilms tumorsyndrome, the physician or counselor may recommend that genetic testing be performed.
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If the pattern of symptoms and/or cancers is suggestive of PJS, the physician or counselor may recommend that genetic testing be performed.
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Just got back from having some skin cancers cut out of me noggin.
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Puma, my specialist said that sunscreen protects against skin cancers but not melanoma.
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Dad had a FKN good tan up from his mixed race ancestry but he wound up with terrible skin cancers all over his head and ears.
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So many surfers get skin cancers cut off - my dad and all of his brothers surfed in their youth and all 9 of them have had skin lesions machine gunned off their heads or faces.
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Even moderate drinking can contribute to certain cancers, for example, so the risks may outweigh the benefits for people at high risk of those malignancies.
Consumer Reports Insights: The pros and cons of drinking Post 2010
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Five scars from basal cell skin cancers scatter across my body from childhood romps without protection in the Miami Beach sun.
Lea Lane: Scars of a Life Lea Lane 2010
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In very rare cases, it can cause damage leading to skin cancers, said the Swiss researchers, Drs. Andreas Arnold and Peter Itin from University Hospital Basel.
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Puma, my specialist said that sunscreen protects against skin cancers but not melanoma.
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