CANCER CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cancer cell mean? 

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

1. a cell that is part of a malignant tumor

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANCER CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell that is part of a malignant tumor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

neoplastic cell (a cell that is part of tumor)

Holonyms ("cancer cell" is a part of...):

malignance; malignancy ((medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death)

 Context examples 

They carry genes that may fix defects in cells or kill cancer cells.

(Adenovirus, NCI Dictionary)

PSMA, a glycoprotein secreted by prostatic epithelial and ductal cells, is overexpressed in prostate cancer cells and is used as a tumor marker for both diagnosis and treatment evaluation.

(Adenovector-transduced AP1903-inducible MyD88/CD40-expressing Autologous PSMA-specific Prostate Cancer Vaccine BPX-201, NCI Thesaurus)

The virus has demonstrated anti-cancer activity by inducing apoptosis and inhibiting the growth of cancer cells.

(Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Ado-trastuzumab emtansine contains a monoclonal antibody called trastuzumab that binds to a protein called HER2, which is found on some breast cancer cells.

(Ado-trastuzumab emtansine, NCI Dictionary)

It damages DNA and may kill cancer cells.

(Adriamycin PFS, NCI Dictionary)

Radiation from the I 123 may help show where cancer cells are in the body.

(AdreView, NCI Dictionary)

This increases the number of T cells that are able to kill cancer cells or fight infections.

(Adoptive cellular therapy, NCI Dictionary)

It binds to a protein called CD30, which is on the surface of some lymphoma cells, and may kill cancer cells.

(Adcetris, NCI Dictionary)

The study of the processes by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells by metals.

(Metal Carcinogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

It damages the cell’s DNA and may kill cancer cells.

(actinomycin D, NCI Dictionary)