The sign for "cancer" is rather gruesome. Then again, cancer is a
rather gruesome thing. The sign is based on the concept that cancer
"eats away" at a person's body. Thus the dominant hand
represents the cancer as it chews up the body.
CANCER:
Sample sentence:
Does anyone in your family have cancer? [ANY YOUR FAMILY HAVE
CANCER?]
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