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The inversion is [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]], where the work ''avoids'' saying cancer because it's so horrifying.
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* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'': in an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer.
* A bit of an oddball example is in Tommy Wiseau's ''[[The Room]]'', wherein the [[Love Interest]]'s mom flat-out states that she has terminal breast cancer during one scene. This is promptly forgotten and never mentioned again.
* One day, the main character of ''[[Phenomenon]]'' sees a flash of unearthly light, hears a strange sound, and falls unconscious. When he wakes up, he's got super-intelligence and even psychic powers. {{spoiler|Turns out he's got a ''massive'' cancer in his brain that by complete coincidence happens to enhance certain functions by pushing against [[
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