Large cell carcinoma

Large cell carcinoma
: A group of lung cancers in which the cells are large and look abnormal.

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a type of bronchogenic carcinoma of undifferentiated (anaplastic) cells of large size, a variety of squamous cell carcinoma that has undergone further dedifferentiation.

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