"CancerTok" meaning in English

See CancerTok in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From cancer + -Tok. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cancer|-Tok}} cancer + -Tok Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CancerTok
  1. (Internet slang) The community of cancer patients on TikTok. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): TikTok
    Sense id: en-CancerTok-en-name-pgmtnGvf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -Tok

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          "ref": "2022 August 21, Kaitlin Stanford, “Woman Discovers Stage 4 Breast Cancer After Being Told She Was 'Too Young' for a Mammogram”, in mom.com",
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