Cancerous
adjective
Related to, caused by, or having cancer.
The doctor is examining the patient's cancerous growth.
Often appears as...
- cancerous tumor
- cancerous cells
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Harmful or destructive, like a cancer.
His anger was cancerous, eating him from the inside.
Often appears as...
- cancerous behaviour
- cancerous influence
adjective
Related to, caused by, or having cancer.
The doctor is examining the patient's cancerous growth.
Often appears as...
- cancerous tumor
- cancerous cells
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Harmful or destructive, like a cancer.
His anger was cancerous, eating him from the inside.
Often appears as...
- cancerous behaviour
- cancerous influence
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'cancerous' to describe anything that physically relates to the disease, typically in medical or scientific settings.
The biopsy confirmed that the lesion was cancerous.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Deadly
'Cancerous' doesn't always mean fatal; some cancerous cells can be treated or removed.
She underwent surgery to remove a cancerous mole.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The term can evoke fear or concern; be sensitive when using it in personal conversations.
The family discussed the cancerous diagnosis with care.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'cancerous' to describe anything that physically relates to the disease, typically in medical or scientific settings.
The biopsy confirmed that the lesion was cancerous.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Deadly
'Cancerous' doesn't always mean fatal; some cancerous cells can be treated or removed.
She underwent surgery to remove a cancerous mole.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The term can evoke fear or concern; be sensitive when using it in personal conversations.
The family discussed the cancerous diagnosis with care.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'cancerous' to describe anything that physically relates to the disease, typically in medical or scientific settings.
The biopsy confirmed that the lesion was cancerous.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Deadly
'Cancerous' doesn't always mean fatal; some cancerous cells can be treated or removed.
She underwent surgery to remove a cancerous mole.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The term can evoke fear or concern; be sensitive when using it in personal conversations.
The family discussed the cancerous diagnosis with care.
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Video examples
The wonderful and...
but as of last year, we're now beyond that too. This is an example of identifying cancerous areas of human tissue under a microscope. The system being shown here can identify those areas more accurately, or about as accurately, as human pathologists, but was built entirely with deep learning using no medical expertise
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How bones make blood -...
The stem cells themselves are not cancerous, but these mutations can interfere with the process of differentiation and result in malignant blood cells. So for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often an allogeneic bone marrow transplant,
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How Quantum Biology...
this is still an open question. It's speculative, but it's one of those questions that is so important that if quantum mechanics plays a role in mutations, surely this must have big implications, to understand certain types of mutations, possibly even those that lead to turning a cell cancerous.
Video examples
Performing brain surgery...
to reach the target and adjust the intensity within each beam as necessary. This helps spare critical structures within the brain. But what exactly does this ingenious approach do to the tumors in question? When several beams of radiation intersect to strike a mass of cancerous cells,
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Tyrone Hayes + Penelope...
So when you develop a cancerous cell in your breast, aromatase converts androgens into estrogens, and that estrogen turns on or promotes the growth of that cancer so that it turns into a tumor and spreads. In fact, this aromatase is so important in breast cancer
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Can we eat to starve...
this could help healthy people as well as people who have already beaten cancer once or twice and want to find a way to keep it from coming back so to look for a way to prevent angiogenesis in cancer I went back to look at cancerous causes and what really
Video examples
Paleo-oncology: The...
mutating and becoming cancerous and that's why we associate cancer with older age today but in the past we're finding that a high number of middle-aged adults for developing cancer and this raises some interesting questions to answer questions like these
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Who's at risk for colon...
but some can become cancerous when their cells begin to grow and divide rapidly, projecting further into the colon. At that point, they can transform into colon cancer, one of the most prevalent and preventable forms of cancer in the world. That's a slow
Video examples
The Problem with Super...
everything else is commentary life at every level is constantly performing this balancing act between being competitive enough to win at its level while cooperative enough to win at the next higher level so i mean the cancerous cell is good for
Video examples
The Best Dogs of BBC...
they just don't know that we're interested but with a little training dogs can accurately pick out a cancerous
Video examples
The wonderful and...
but as of last year, we're now beyond that too. This is an example of identifying cancerous areas of human tissue under a microscope. The system being shown here can identify those areas more accurately, or about as accurately, as human pathologists, but was built entirely with deep learning using no medical expertise
Video examples
How bones make blood -...
The stem cells themselves are not cancerous, but these mutations can interfere with the process of differentiation and result in malignant blood cells. So for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often an allogeneic bone marrow transplant,
Video examples
How Quantum Biology...
this is still an open question. It's speculative, but it's one of those questions that is so important that if quantum mechanics plays a role in mutations, surely this must have big implications, to understand certain types of mutations, possibly even those that lead to turning a cell cancerous.
Video examples
Performing brain surgery...
to reach the target and adjust the intensity within each beam as necessary. This helps spare critical structures within the brain. But what exactly does this ingenious approach do to the tumors in question? When several beams of radiation intersect to strike a mass of cancerous cells,
Video examples
Tyrone Hayes + Penelope...
So when you develop a cancerous cell in your breast, aromatase converts androgens into estrogens, and that estrogen turns on or promotes the growth of that cancer so that it turns into a tumor and spreads. In fact, this aromatase is so important in breast cancer
Video examples
Can we eat to starve...
this could help healthy people as well as people who have already beaten cancer once or twice and want to find a way to keep it from coming back so to look for a way to prevent angiogenesis in cancer I went back to look at cancerous causes and what really
Video examples
Paleo-oncology: The...
mutating and becoming cancerous and that's why we associate cancer with older age today but in the past we're finding that a high number of middle-aged adults for developing cancer and this raises some interesting questions to answer questions like these
Video examples
Who's at risk for colon...
but some can become cancerous when their cells begin to grow and divide rapidly, projecting further into the colon. At that point, they can transform into colon cancer, one of the most prevalent and preventable forms of cancer in the world. That's a slow
Video examples
The Problem with Super...
everything else is commentary life at every level is constantly performing this balancing act between being competitive enough to win at its level while cooperative enough to win at the next higher level so i mean the cancerous cell is good for
Video examples
The Best Dogs of BBC...
they just don't know that we're interested but with a little training dogs can accurately pick out a cancerous
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Christopher Timothy
Welsh Actor
I had just finished playing a doctor in Doctors' and I had had to tell somebody that they had cancer. In that moment I thought, He's doing what I did!' We sat down and he said, I'm sorry, Mr. Timothy, but I've got bad news.' I thought, Oh!' He told me that they had found cancerous cells, but not a lot.
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R. Madhavan
Indian Actor
Birds and insects are part of the ecosystem and help in pollination. I don't see any problem in having fruits and vegetables that birds want to eat, as opposed to the perfect shaped tomato that only you can eat and which, by the way, could also be cancerous.
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Victor Banerjee
Indian Actor
We see so much violence in films, whether it is Bollywood or south films. People are shown blowing up each other onscreen. It's like a seed that is planted and you keep feeding it with small doses. It's cancerous and does affect society.
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Kevin Bacon
American Actor
Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live.
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Robert Shea
American Author
One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.
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Michael T. Flynn
American General
What we need to do is we need to come to grips with this cancerous form of the Islamic religion that is breaking down the Arab world order, and that is very clear.
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Daniel Kaluuya
English Actor
I think the word 'diverse' is a cancerous word because it's life. It's a PC way of saying 'non-white,' and it ultimately suggests that white is the standard.
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Cobie Smulders
Canadian Actress
Just when your ovaries should be brimming with youthful follicles, cancerous cells overtook mine, threatening to end my fertility and potentially my life.
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Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I am not a sun person at all. I think it's a cancerous poison and I don't want it touching me.
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Jason Whitlock
American Journalist
Coaches don't like lazy, disrespectful, cancerous massive headaches.
Quote examples
Christopher Timothy
Welsh Actor
I had just finished playing a doctor in Doctors' and I had had to tell somebody that they had cancer. In that moment I thought, He's doing what I did!' We sat down and he said, I'm sorry, Mr. Timothy, but I've got bad news.' I thought, Oh!' He told me that they had found cancerous cells, but not a lot.
Quote examples
R. Madhavan
Indian Actor
Birds and insects are part of the ecosystem and help in pollination. I don't see any problem in having fruits and vegetables that birds want to eat, as opposed to the perfect shaped tomato that only you can eat and which, by the way, could also be cancerous.
Quote examples
Victor Banerjee
Indian Actor
We see so much violence in films, whether it is Bollywood or south films. People are shown blowing up each other onscreen. It's like a seed that is planted and you keep feeding it with small doses. It's cancerous and does affect society.
Quote examples
Kevin Bacon
American Actor
Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live.
Quote examples
Robert Shea
American Author
One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.
Quote examples
Michael T. Flynn
American General
What we need to do is we need to come to grips with this cancerous form of the Islamic religion that is breaking down the Arab world order, and that is very clear.
Quote examples
Daniel Kaluuya
English Actor
I think the word 'diverse' is a cancerous word because it's life. It's a PC way of saying 'non-white,' and it ultimately suggests that white is the standard.
Quote examples
Cobie Smulders
Canadian Actress
Just when your ovaries should be brimming with youthful follicles, cancerous cells overtook mine, threatening to end my fertility and potentially my life.
Quote examples
Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I am not a sun person at all. I think it's a cancerous poison and I don't want it touching me.
Quote examples
Jason Whitlock
American Journalist
Coaches don't like lazy, disrespectful, cancerous massive headaches.
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