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癌: cancer

cancer
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Readings

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ガン
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On-yomi ガン only. As a suffix it names the organ: 胃癌 (stomach), 肺癌 (lung). Often written がん or ガン in everyday text.

Key words

癌がんcancer
胃癌いがんstomach cancer
肺癌はいがんlung cancer
乳癌にゅうがんbreast cancer
抗癌剤こうがんざいanticancer drug

Example sentences

My grandfather had surgery for stomach cancer and is living healthily now.

Regular checkups are important for finding cancer early.

Because of the side effects of her anticancer drugs, my mother was upset about her hair falling out.

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