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Meanings of cancerous in English

Tumors that can invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.

Cancerous.

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Examples for "malignant"
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Purpose: Survivors after malignant lymphoma are at high risk of late effects.
Pubmed
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Therefore, rAd-p53 may be a potential treatment method for human malignant melanoma.
Pubmed
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Purpose: A new method of palliation of malignant obstructive jaundice is presented.
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Background: Glioma is the most common form of primary malignant intracranial tumor.
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The pathological result showed a malignant tumor in the right vocal cord.
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Usage of cancerous in English
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Association analyses between mRNA expression levels and different cancerous stages were performed.
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We observed different patterns of PSMA expression between normal and cancerous tissues.
Pubmed
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Complexes demonstrated a moderate cytotoxic effect toward cancerous human cell line PANC-1.
Pubmed
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Yet B-mode images do not adequately display cancerous lesions of the prostate.
Pubmed
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Immunohistochemical analysis was also used to assess CR-1 expression in cancerous tissues.
Pubmed
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In adults, almost all of the cells that produce telomerase are cancerous.
Wired
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His resentment against the pinch of circumstance was deepening to cancerous vindictiveness.
The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
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Early diagnosis plus surgery is the only hope for a cancerous person.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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The prostate gland can become enlarged in ways that are not cancerous.
The Irish Times
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They can develop in the intestines or pancreas, and may prove cancerous.
Reuters
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How the cancerous Schwann cells became contagious is still a mystery, though.
Wired
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The adenomatous polyp and one of the cancerous lesions showed DNA diploidy.
Pubmed
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The metal was cherry red, swelling and distorting like a cancerous volcano.
The Reality Dysfunction
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Ms Siebert discovered a cancerous lump in her left breast in early June.
News.com.au
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The procedure successfully removed the cancerous cells without the near-death experience Brown experienced.
The South African
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The Murdoch media has mutated to become a cancerous growth on our democracy.
The Guardian
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