Hold your non-dominant hand up flat, with the palm facing your dominant side. Form your dominant hand into a claw or bent 'V' shape. Place your dominant fingers against the palm of your non-dominant hand and move them downward in a slow, scraping, or gnawing motion.
Sign 'cancer' using the deliberate gnawing motion on your palm, followed by the signs for 'survive' and the person marker to indicate someone who has survived the illness.
Begin with the sign for 'cancer', then use the sign for 'treatment' or 'help' to convey the medical care being provided to the patient.
After signing 'cancer', sign 'research' by using an 'R' handshape digging into your non-dominant palm, followed by the sign for 'support'.
Sign 'cancer' using the deliberate gnawing motion on your palm, followed by the signs for 'survive' and the person marker to indicate someone who has survived the illness.
Begin with the sign for 'cancer', then use the sign for 'treatment' or 'help' to convey the medical care being provided to the patient.
After signing 'cancer', sign 'research' by using an 'R' handshape digging into your non-dominant palm, followed by the sign for 'support'.
No, this sign is exclusively used for the medical illness. If you are talking about astrology, you should fingerspell C-A-N-C-E-R or use the ASL sign for 'crab'.
While this is the general sign for 'cancer', fluent signers will often move the sign to a specific body part to indicate the type. For example, doing this gnawing motion near the head can indicate brain cancer.
Yes, the motion should be relatively slow and deliberate. A steady, creeping movement accurately reflects the nature of the illness, whereas a fast motion might look confusing or frantic.
