breast cancer

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

   Broadercarcinoma

Questions about breast cancer

What does breast cancer mean?

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

Is breast cancer a common word?

breast cancer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.