| / English Dictionary |
BREAST CANCER
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (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:
A drug used with another drug to treat some postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer that is hormone-receptor positive and HER2 negative.
(Afinitor, NCI Dictionary)
A topical form of 4-hydroxytamoxifen is being studied in breast cancer screening.
(Afimoxifene, NCI Dictionary)
Afimoxifene has a higher affinity for the estrogen receptor than tamoxifen, and functions as an antagonist in breast cancer cells.
(Afimoxifene, NCI Thesaurus)
Having ALH increases the risk of breast cancer.
(ALH, NCI Dictionary)
Aberrant expression of Aurora kinases occurs in a wide variety of cancers, including colon and breast cancers.
(Alisertib, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon vaccination, the genetically modified cells secrete GM-CSF, thereby potentiating a tumor-specific T cell response against breast cancer cell-asociated antigens.
(Allogeneic GM-CSF-Secreting Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of breast cancer.
(MIR10B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of medulloblastoma and breast cancer.
(MIR125A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Vaccination with monoclonal antibody 11D10 anti-idiotype vaccine induces anti-anti-idiotype antibodies (Ab3) that may react with breast cancer cell lines expressing the HMFG membrane epitope.
(Monoclonal Antibody 11D10 Anti-Idiotype Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Vaccination with anti-Id 11D10 induces anti-anti-idiotype antibodies (Ab3) that may react with breast cancer cell lines expressing the HMFG membrane epitope.
(Monoclonal Antibody 11D10, NCI Thesaurus)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
