cancer deaths
Malignancy mortality toll
Cancer deaths are fatalities caused by malignant tumors or their complications.
The phrase appears frequently in public health statistics and medical reporting: Cancer deaths have declined since the 1990s.
It functions as a compound noun modifying other terms: cancer death rates, cancer death toll.
- mortalityState of eventual death
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
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- mortalitydeceased, mortality, mortality rates, dying, dead