BREAST CANCER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breast cancer mean? 

• BREAST CANCER (noun)
  The noun BREAST CANCER has 1 sense:

1. cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US

  Familiarity information: BREAST CANCER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAST CANCER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("breast cancer" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

In estrogen-dependent breast cancers, ananstrozole may inhibit tumor growth.

(Anastrozole, NCI Thesaurus)

APPBP2 is abundantly expressed in breast cancer.

(Amyloid Beta Precursor Protein-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, allogeneic large multivalent immunogen breast cancer vaccine may stimulate a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) immune response against tumor cells that express the breast cancer cell-specific LMIs.

(Allogeneic Large Multivalent Immunogen Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare type of breast cancer that often can be treated successfully.

(Medullary breast carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

Critics have claimed that hormones used as growth promotants in cattle may cause breast cancer.

(Melengestrol, NCI Thesaurus)

In the breast they can be seen using mammography, and if found in clusters may be indicative of breast cancer.

(Microcalcification, NCI Thesaurus)

This may be from a primary breast cancer on the opposite side, or from a cancer at a distant site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes whether you are at risk for heart disease, osteoporosis, or breast cancer.

(Menopause, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

The GM-CSF protein made by the changed breast cancer cells may help the immune system kill breast cancer cells in the body.

(Allogeneic GM-CSF-Secreting Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Dictionary)

A risk factor for breast cancer

(Age at Menarche, NCI Thesaurus)