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This is because the scary subject of cancer used to be taboo that no one wanted to talk about it. They felt (irrationally) that even saying the NAME could bring cancer - so they used a euphemism The Big C..as in "Did you hear? Mike has the Big C." I believe this was as recent as the late 60s early 70's - it was a stigma to have cancer...now (in the U.S. anyway) it is not so much of a stigma, and people can say Cancer, and even Breast Cancer, which no-one could say even when I was growing up in the late 70's early 80s - it was not ok to say "Breast"either!
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The development of cancer is called?
The development of cancer is called 'carcinogensis'.
Uncontrolled Cell division is called?
The uncontrolled division of animal cells is called Cancer.
What is cancer of the bronchi called?
Lung Cancer
What is the line of Cancer called?
The Tropic of Cancer.
Why the cancer is called stomach cancer and not bone cancer Please quick I have a test in science?
Stomach cancer is not called bone cancer, because the cancers cells are not in the bones. With stomach cancer the cancer cells are in the tissues of the stomach.
What is a bone cancer specialist called?
An doctor that deals with cancer related issues is called an oncologist
What is cancer in men's breast called?
It is called Breast Cancer, it has the same name for women and for men.
What do you call people with cancer?
People who have Cancer are called .... People with Cancer ... there is no special term!
What is cancer invading new areas of the body called?
you have cancer
What is it called when cancer stays in one spot?
Benign cancer
What is a substance or a factor in the environment that can cause cancer called?
Something that can cause cancer is called a carcinogen.
Person who does research on cancer called?
Is called a Onclolgist. It's a person who are the ones who study cancer and how to treat it.
