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- informaluncountableAnxiety experienced while waiting to undergo a medical scan or receive the results of one.
Nevertheless, we both experienced the usual "scanxiety" — the nervous feeling one gets at the approach of a scan date.
2012, Jai Pausch, Dreaming New Dreams: Reimagining My Life After Loss, Crown Archetype, →ISBN, page 782 more examples
Even now, almost nine years after Dr. Jablons declared me cured, when I have a "scanxiety" attack or see a frightening cancer headline, I replay his words in my mind and remind myself that I will likely live to play with my son's children and maybe even spend my retirement savings.
2011, Lori Hope, Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know, Celestial Arts, →ISBN, page 163“It’s an amazing step in our healing journey, as it can be nerve wracking to go through the ‘scanxiety’ every six months,” says Teicher.
2014 April 25, Erin Ellis, “Mother finds unique way to share her cancer story with others”, in The Vancouver Sun
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