throat cancer

collocation in English

meaningsofthroatandcancer

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throat
noun[C]
uk
/θrəʊt/us
/θroʊt/
the front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air ...
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cancer
noun
uk
/ˈkæn.sər/us
/ˈkæn.sɚ/
a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often ...
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(Definition ofthroatandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A year later, her husband contractedthroatcancer.
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On his last point, my father died fromthroatcancercaused by the effects of tobacco.
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A high proportion of those unfortunate enough to havethroatcanceralso admit to experimenting with the drug.
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Then, in 2003, he was diagnosed withthroatcancer.
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Throatcancerwas listed as a secondary cause of death.
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That fall, the former president was diagnosed with terminalthroatcancer.
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Cetuximab is also used in the treatment ofthroatcancer.
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His writing career began when complications ofthroatcancerlimited his activity.
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The cause of death was a combination of malnutrition, pneumonia, a bronchial condition andthroatcancer.
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Plagued bythroatcancer, he followed the retrial from his sickroom.
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A few years before his death,throatcancerrequired the surgical removal of his larynx.
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He later battledthroatcancerwhich resulted in having his larynx surgically removed.
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He died ofthroatcancerat the age of 51.
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By the early 1980s he hadthroatcancerand could hardly speak.
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After being diagnosed withthroatcancer, he turned to directing and teaching.
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He dies ofthroatcancerat the same moment as his twin.
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First, he suffered from rheumatism, then was diagnosed withthroatcancer.
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Hey later developedthroatcancer, and had surgery to treat it.
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At the time he had been in remission for one year following surgery forthroatcancer.
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She died fromthroatcancer, linked to her smoking.
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