( BrE ) ( AmE tumor ) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ cancerous , malignant
▪ benign
▪ primary
▪ inoperable
▪ brain , breast , kidney , etc.
VERB + TUMOUR/TUMOR
▪ diagnose
▪ remove
▪ shrink
▪ treat
▪ develop
▪
He developed a brain ~.
TUMOUR/TUMOR + NOUN
▪ cell , tissue
▪ formation , growth
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
a primary ~ in the breast
▪ ~ of
▪
tumors of the central nervous system
▪ ~ on
▪
a malignant ~ on the eyelid
Tumour/tumor is used after these nouns: ↑ brain , ↑ breast , ↑ lung