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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Cancer
I have lung cancer. OR
I have a lung cancer.
When would use the mass form and count form?
I have a lung cancer.
When would use the mass form and count form?
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'Cancer' is basically uncountable. I have lung cancer. I have a malignant tumor.
- 'Cancer' is basically uncountable.
- I have lung cancer.
- I have a malignant tumor.
- You might talk about types of cancers - a cancer that attacks the lungs or a cancer that attacks the prostrate - but when named, they are uncountable diseases: I have lung cancer.
- I have prostate cancer.
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'Cancer' is basically uncountable.
I have lung cancer.
I have a malignant tumor.
You might talk about types of cancers - a cancer that attacks the lungs or a cancer that attacks the prostrate - but when named, they are uncountable diseases: I have lung cancer. I have prostate cancer.
I have lung cancer.
I have a malignant tumor.
You might talk about types of cancers - a cancer that attacks the lungs or a cancer that attacks the prostrate - but when named, they are uncountable diseases: I have lung cancer. I have prostate cancer.
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Oral dichloroacetate sodium (DCA) has been investigated as a novel metabolic therapy for various cancers since 2007, based on data from Bonnet et al that DCA can trigger apoptosis of human lung, breast and brain cancer cells.
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