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  2. Cancer - Wikipedia

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    Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [2] [7] These contrast with benign ...

  3. Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    phương phi (芳菲) is an adjective meaning 'fat' or 'corpulent', but in Mandarin, it means 'fragrant' or 'fresh-smelling'. ung thư (癰疽) means 'cancer' in Vietnamese, but in Mandarin, it is a term used in traditional Chinese medicine meaning a 'skin abscess'.

  4. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), or nasopharynx cancer, is the most common cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the postero-lateral nasopharynx or pharyngeal recess (fossa of Rosenmüller), accounting for 50% of cases.

  5. Tumor marker - Wikipedia

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    Tumor markers may be used for the following purposes: Monitoring the malignancy; When a malignant tumor is found by the presence of a tumor marker, the level of marker found in the body can be monitored to determine the state of the tumor and how it responds to treatment.

  6. List of cancer types - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells , with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [ 1 ]

  7. Malignancy - Wikipedia

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    Malignancy (from Latin male 'badly' and -gnus 'born') is the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse; the term is most familiar as a characterization of cancer.

  8. Cantonese salted fish - Wikipedia

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    Cantonese salted fish was revealed to be on the list of IARC group 1 Carcinogens, meaning it is a known carcinogen, [1] [2] but was suspected and studied for its links to cancer as early as the 1960s [3] [4] due to the high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer, an extremely rare type of nose and head cancer now understood to be linked to a high ...

  9. Brain tumor - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Neoplasm in the brain Medical condition Brain tumor Other names Intracranial neoplasm, brain tumour, brain cancer Brain metastasis in the right cerebral hemisphere from lung cancer, shown on magnetic resonance imaging Specialty Neurosurgery, neuro-oncology Symptoms Vary depending on the ...