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cancer

noun as in malignant growth

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Oasis guitarist and co-founder Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs has had to pull out of the band's comeback tour after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

From BBC

While initially convicted of first-degree murder in Worden’s death, he was eventually declared not guilty by reason of insanity — diagnosed as schizophrenic — and was institutionalized until his death due to complications from cancer in 1984.

"It's essential we start to see progress on meeting cancer waiting time targets which are missed time and time again," she added.

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And the strain of coping with both his father and his wife dealing with cancer is a recurring theme of their exchanges.

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Murray revealed he was diagnosed with cancer in July 2021 and had an operation to remove a lung tumour in its early stages, followed by chemotherapy, in January 2022.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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