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lung cancer
small-cell lung cancer
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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The results of modern surgical therapy for multiple primary lung cancers.
Magazine article from: Chest; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...cancers; second primary lung cancer; synchronous lung cancer Abbreviations: MPLC = multiple primary lung cancers; SPLC = second primary lung cancer; WRAMC = Walter Reed Army...nodules in different lobes or lungs raises the clinical dilemma...
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The early detection of second primary lung cancers by sputum immunostaining. (The Lung Cancer Study Group: Final Analysis)
Magazine article from: Chest; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...that screening for early lung cancer is a futile exercise and the American Cancer Society does not include...guidelines for detecting lung cancer at early stages...Less than 10% of lung cancers in the NCI early lung cancer detection trials were...
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Multifocal Lung Cancers Appear to Originate from Single Cancer Clone.
M2 Presswire; 4/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...April 2009-NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE: Multifocal Lung Cancers Appear to Originate from Single Cancer Clone(C)1994-2009...many as 8 percent of lung cancer patients have multiple...Clearly, multifocal lung cancers (without distant metastases...
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Synchronous primary lung cancers. (Multimodality Therapy of Chest Malignancies: Proceedings of a Harvard Medical School Symposium)
Magazine article from: Chest; 4/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Synchronous primary lung cancers (SPLCs) occur...patients with lung cancer. They are first...synchronous primary lung cancers (SPLCs) and suggests...from primary lung cancer with a parenchymal...8,11] or lungs,[7] and have...distinguishing SPLCs from lung ...
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Surgery for Second Lung Cancers(*).
Magazine article from: Chest; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...tumors in survivors of lung cancer. In 1961, LeGal...a second primary lung cancer in patients with initial non-small cell lung cancer ranged from 1 to 2...METHODS Second primary lung cancers were defined using the...presented with a second lung cancer. In ...
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Multifocal lung cancers appear to originate from single cancer clone.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health; 4/26/2009; 678 words
; ...the biology of multifocal cancers and note that as many as 8 percent of lung cancer patients have multiple anatomically...diagnosis. An updated lung cancer classification system is...Clearly, multifocal lung cancers (without distant metastases...
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Molecular Signatures Of Two Common Lung Cancers Identified.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 1/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...most common forms of lung cancer in humans. Genzyme...profiles in these lung cancers. The article, "Molecular...Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer," compares gene expression...validated in additional lung tumors using a variety...diagnosis and prognosis of cancer, and may ...
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Aphton Discovers Role of Gastrin in Lung Cancers; Planning Initiated for Phase II Clinical Trial.
Business Wire; 8/2/2001; 700+ words
; ...respiratory system. More specifically, in lung cancer, including both non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for approximately 75% of lung cancers and is the most difficult to treat, and small cell lung cancer. This involvement of gastrin is...
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APHTON DISCOVERS ROLE OF GASTRIN IN LUNG CANCERS.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Business; 9/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...respiratory system. More specifically, in lung cancer, including both non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for approximately 75% of lung cancers and is the most difficult to treat, and small cell lung cancer. This involvement of gastrin is...
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Lightning Can Strike Twice.(second lung cancers)
Magazine article from: Chest; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Second Primary Lung Cancers Most patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) present...Operations for second lung cancers made up about 4...pulmonary resections for cancer in the present series...especially second lung cancers. This risk has...second primary ...
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Lung Cancer
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...microscope. Secondary lung cancer is cancer that...and spreads to the lungs. Small cell cancer...formerly called oat cell cancer, because the cells...one-fourth of all lung cancers are small cell cancers...Ninety percent of lung cancers can be ...
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Lung Cancer, Small Cell
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...tumors. Description Lung cancer is divided into two main types...small cell. Small cell lung cancer is the least common of the...only about 20% of all lung cancers. In the past, the disease was called oat cell cancer because, when viewed under...resemble oats. This type of ...
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Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...breathed air. The inside of the lungs is covered with small hairlike...mucus is swept up out of the lungs and into the throat. Lung cancer Most lung cancers start in the cells that line...grow larger they prevent the lungs from functioning normally...
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lung cancer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
lung cancer cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs . Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults...
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non-small-cell lung cancer
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
non-small-cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) n. any type of lung cancer other than small-cell lung cancer. Such cancers include adenocarcinoma of the lung, large-cell carcinomas, and squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung.
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