A person who has an abnormal fear of cancer; someone with cancerophobia.
From cancer + -phobe (from Greek phobos, meaning 'fear'), creating a term for someone with an extreme fear of the disease.
Cancerophobia is surprisingly common in modern medicine—the disease's notoriety makes many people panic about normal body changes, sometimes leading to unnecessary medical procedures.
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