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Record 1 2005-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Histology
  • Cancers and Oncology
CONT

... the [chemotherapeutic] drugs kill cancer cells preferentially, because such cells, by definition, grow and proliferate at an abnormally high rate.

CONT

Then they subjected her to intensive radiotherapy, hoping that the X-ray bombardment would kill any residual cancer cell.

CONT

... if the daily periods of cell division in healthy and cancerous cells are not identical, chemotherapy could be tailored to work when only the cancerous cells are dividing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histologie
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Les cellules cancéreuses, nées de tissus sains, s'en différencient cependant très vite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Histología
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Células del organismo que se multiplican desordenadamente formando un tumor maligno.

OBS

"célula cancerosa" se utiliza en plural en general.

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