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COLON CANCER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("colon cancer" is a kind of...):
carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
Context examples:
Indoles may promote good health and are being studied in the prevention of certain types of cancer, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer.
(Indole, NCI Dictionary)
This gene plays a role in DNA mismatch repair and is associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.
(MLH3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
The MADH4 gene is a cloned gene for Juvenile Polyposis, associated with colon cancer.
(Mothers Against Decapentaplegic Homolog 4, NCI Thesaurus)
Aberrant expression of the gene may contribute to colon cancer and autism.
(NRP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A substance that is used to improve the health of the digestive system and bones and is being studied in the prevention of colon cancer.
(Oligofructose-enriched inulin, NCI Dictionary)
It was studied for use in colon cancer.
(Meturedepa, NCI Thesaurus)
Many of the major health risks that men face - like colon cancer or heart disease - can be prevented and treated with early diagnosis.
(Men's Health, NIH)
Co-administered with fluorouracil in the treatment of Dukes' stage C colon cancer, levamisole restores immune function through stimulating antibody formation, enhancing T-cell activity, and potentiating macrophage function.
(Levamisole, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer and HNPCC.
(Lynch syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
This allele, which encodes metastasis-associated in colon cancer protein 1, is involved in promoting both cell motility and cell proliferation.
(MACC1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
