can‧cer S2 W2 / kænsə $ -ər / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] a very serious disease in which cells in one part of the body start to grow in a way that is not normal → tumour :

A lot of cancers can now be treated successfully.

lung/breast/stomach etc cancer

Smoking causes lung cancer.

She was told last year that she had cancer .

He died of cancer last month.

cancer of

cancer of the womb

a new treatment which effectively kills cancer cells

2 [可数名词] an evil influence that affects a lot of people and is difficult to stop :

Drug abuse is the cancer of our society.

— cancerous 形容词 :

a cancerous growth

cancerous cells