cancer survivor
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈkænsər sərˈvaɪvər/
:
superviviente de cáncer
- At present, psychosocial support and follow-up are sporadic and inconsistent for cancer survivors across the United States.
- breast cancer survivors
- childhood cancer survivors
- male cancer survivors
I specialize in helping breast cancer survivors with their reconstruction.
- I specialize in helping breast cancer survivors with their reconstruction.
- I'm a divorcee and a cancer survivor and a single mother of three also from going through my breast cancer journey.
- And the first night I crowd worked his wife and then she talked about him and he, he, she was like, he's a cancer survivor.
Examples
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There are over 13 million cancer survivors throughout the world.
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Nearly one-third of breast cancer survivors who were working when they began treatment were unemployed.
Academic text (2014) -
Understanding breast cancer survivors' actual and potential needs.
Academic text (2012) -
Ask any cancer survivor or a parent of a cancer survivor about medical bills.
Blog text (15) -
The number of African American and Hispanic male cancer survivors
Academic text (2013) -
The intervention was provided to the cancer survivor and one or two survivor-selected family members together.
Academic text (2008) -
Although breast cancer survivors generally do well, long-term survivorship involves many physical, psychological, and social effects.
Academic text (1994) -
Racial/ethnic disparities in health care receipt are evident among older, but not younger, cancer survivors, despite access to Medicare.
Academic text (2013) -
After undergoing treatment, she proudly identifies herself as a cancer survivor and motivates others.
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The community organized a fundraising event to support cancer survivors and their families.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person or animal who lives after a dangerous event
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase meaning 'a person who has recovered from or is living after cancer' is directly composed from the constituents 'cancer' (the disease) and 'survivor' (a person who survives a life‑threatening event). This is a literal, compositional noun phrase with the same logic in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Cancer survivor comes from the simple idea of a person who lives through something dangerous. Survivor means someone who keeps living after harm and cancer tells what the illness was, so the phrase means 'a person who has recovered from or is living after cancer'.