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An example use of cancer in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… Agency for research on cancer or IARC …”
Cancer is a disease that can affect many different parts of the body.
the word cancer occurs in english on average 57.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.