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 Translation for 'lung cancer' from English to Croatian
NOUN   a lung cancer | lung cancers
med.
rak {m} pluća
lung cancer
anat.
pluće {n}
lung
anat.
plućno krilo {n}
lung
anat.
pluća {pl}
lung
med.
rak {m}
cancer
med.
rak {m} dojke
breast cancer
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Translation for 'lung cancer' from English to Croatian

lung cancer
rak {m} plućamed.

lung
pluće {n}anat.

plućno krilo {n}anat.

pluća {pl}anat.
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cancer
rak {m}med.
breast cancer
rak {m} dojkemed.
Usage Examples English
  • On 19 July 1985 he died of lung cancer, after three years' struggle against the disease.
  • Blish died on July 30, 1975 from complications related to lung cancer.
  • He is given credit for the first description of clubbing of the fingers, an important diagnostic sign in chronic lung disease, lung cancer and cyanotic heart disease.
  • He had smoked three packs of cigarettes a day for most of his life. After being formally diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992 and having an operation to remove part of one lung, he quit smoking.
  • Diesel exhaust has been classified as an IARC Group 1 carcinogen. It causes lung cancer and is associated with an increased risk for bladder cancer.

  • An article on the American Cancer Society says that The Cancer Research Campaign has called for warning labels on β-carotene supplements to caution smokers that such supplements may increase the risk of lung cancer.
  • Radon is thus assumed to be the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking, and accounts for 15,000 to 22,000 cancer deaths per year in the US alone.
  • On 13 July 1986 Brion Gysin died of lung cancer. Anne Cumming arranged his funeral and for his ashes to be scattered at the Caves of Hercules in Morocco.
  • Alexis Korner died in London from lung cancer on 1 January 1984, at the age of 55.
  • Treatment for early stage lung cancers tends to include surgery to remove the tumor, sometimes followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy to kill remaining cancer cells.

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