small-cell lung cancer

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | 341 words | Copyright

small-cell lung cancer (oat-cell carcinoma) n. carcinoma of the bronchus associated with the presence of oat cells (small cells with darkly staining nuclei). Small-cell lung cancer is usually related to smoking and accounts for about one-quarter of bronchial carcinomas. It can be cured in its early stages by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

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