These patients had been operated on for the primary cancer but there was evidence of secondary tumours.

这些病人曾因原发性癌症做过手术，但是又有了继发性肿瘤迹象。

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HCC is a primary cancer of the liver.

肝细胞癌是肝脏的原发性癌症。

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Multiple primary cancer of the lung and other organs is rare.

肺和其他器官的多发性原发性癌较罕见，国内迄今报告不多。

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He underwent chemotherapy and further tests have now shown the primary cancer has been contained.

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It works not on the primary cancer but on one of its most dangerous consequences, secondary bone tumours.

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But the list needs to grow longer, as well, of those demanding greatly increased support for primary cancer research and stricter environmental controls on the toxic substances we eat and breathe.

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