Preposition: of

• pancreas: The father of one of my close friends is terminally ill with cancer of the pancreas.

Converse of object

• diagnose: Another avenue of nanotechnology research is to develop nanometre-sized contrast agents with ultrasound to diagnose ovarian cancer.

• treat: For example, the BCG vaccine used to treat bladder cancer.

• detect: The PSA test, although imperfect, remains our best means of detecting prostate cancer at a stage when it can still be cured.

Adjective modifier

• ovarian: Nearly 7,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year in the UK.

• colorectal: AB - Colorectal cancer continues to be a major problem.

• cervical: Mouth cancers have a higher proportion of deaths per number of cases than breast cancer, cervical cancer or skin melanoma.

• pancreatic: The symptoms of pancreatic cancer can be quite vague.

• testicular: Similar trends were seen in individuals with testicular cancer.

• gastric: METHODS: The authors report a study about 15 patients, out of 116 cases of gastric cancer, operated by TEG between 1990-1998.

Modifies a noun

• cell: Our aim is to examine the consequences of the inhibition of this pathway in human cancer cells.

• patient: METHODS: The subjects were 50 advanced gastric cancer patients treated with FP.

• screening: Cervical cancer screening for women over 20 years - not more often than every five years for maximum cost-effectiveness.

• incidence: Cancer incidence was determined by linkage with the Danish Cancer Registry.

Noun used with modifier

• breast: The research actually works with women who already have breast cancer, finding ways to maximize their survival.

• prostate: The study compared 181 men with advanced prostate cancer with 181 men of similar age with no cancer.

• lung: Lung Cancer Smoking is the main cause of lung cancer.

• bowel: Carrying top weight is not just the reason either, physical activity itself can directly protect from bowel cancer.

• colon: This involves examining the rectum for colon cancer by using a camera fitted on a flexible tube.

• skin: Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK, with over 40,000 new cases every year.