Cancer
genus Cancer | type genus of the family Cancridae |
Dungeness crab
Cancer magister | small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America |
rock crab
Cancer irroratus | crab of eastern coast of North America |
Jonah crab
Cancer borealis | large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America |
antineoplastic
antineoplastic drug
cancer drug | any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells, used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells, all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function |
ovarian artery
arteria ovarica | the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries |
ovarian vein
vena ovarica | one of the veins that drain the ovaries, the right opens into the inferior vena cava, the left opens into the left renal vein |
| cancer juice | a milky substance found in certain cancerous growths |
| cancer cell | a cell that is part of a malignant tumor |
| Tropic of Cancer | a line of latitude about degrees to the north of the equator |
Cancer
Cancer the Crab
Crab | the fourth sign of the zodiac, the sun is in this sign from about June to July |
| Cancer | a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere, between Leo and Gemini |
Russell's body
cancer body | an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer |
Cancer
Crab | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer |
cancerweed
cancer weed
Salvia lyrata | sage of eastern United States |
| ovarian pregnancy | ectopic pregnancy in the ovary |
liver cancer
cancer of the liver | malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer, symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort |
| ovarian cyst | a cystic tumor (usually benign) of the ovary |
cancer
malignant neoplastic disease | any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream |
leukemia
leukaemia
leucaemia
cancer of the blood | malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues, characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes, one of the four major types of cancer |
adenocarcinoma
glandular cancer
glandular carcinoma | malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium |
| breast cancer | cancer of the breast, one of the most common malignancies in women in the US |
carcinoma in situ
preinvasive cancer | a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body |
| colon cancer | a malignant tumor of the colon, early symptom is bloody stools |
endometrial carcinoma
endometrial cancer | cancer of the uterine lining |
| lung cancer | carcinoma of the lungs, one of the commonest forms of cancer |
| oral cancer | malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth, most common in men over the age of |
| pancreatic cancer | cancer of the pancreas |
prostate cancer
prostatic adenocarcinoma | cancer of the prostate gland |
seminoma
testicular cancer | malignant tumor of the testis, usually occurring in older men |
| skin cancer | a malignant neoplasm of the skin |
| trophoblastic cancer | malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion |
| ovarian | of or involving the ovaries, ovarian cancer |