cancerophobia

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Related to cancerphobia: Phronemophobia

cancerophobia

(ˌkænsərəʊˈfəʊbɪə)

(Medicine) a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer

cancerophobia

carcinomophobia.

can·cer·o·pho·bi·a

n. cancerofobia, fobia a contraer cáncer.

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When we put these two characteristics together, we can understand the phenomenon referred to variously as cancer phobia, cancerphobia, and carcinophobia.

Cancer in context: a commentary

35) Applying New York's case law to potential claims of exposure-only victims of 9/11, (36) Rabin concluded that cancerphobia claims are unlikely to succeed.

Remembering those still with us: protecting September eleventh survivors from their future

1986) (recovery for cancerphobia where plaintiff was doused with toxic chemicals and no physical injury was apparent); Day, 851 F.

The uninjured plaintiff: new frontiers of liability: defense counsel must prepare for tort claims based on theories that are not part of the traditional history and requirements of tort law