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small-cell lung cancer — SCLC a type of bronchial carcinoma characterized by small cells (or oat cells), small round or oval cells with darkly staining nuclei and scanty indistinct cytoplasm. Small cell carcinoma is usually related to smoking and accounts for about one… … The new mediacal dictionary
non-small cell lung cancer — A group of lung cancers that are named for the kinds of cells found in the cancer and how the cells look under a microscope. The three main types of non small cell lung cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma … English dictionary of cancer terms
small cell lung cancer — An aggressive (fast growing) cancer that forms in tissues of the lung and can spread to other parts of the body. The cancer cells look small and oval shaped when looked at under a microscope … English dictionary of cancer terms
small-cell lung cancer — noun Date: 1975 cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body, and is characterized by a small round or oval cells which resemble oat grains and have little cytoplasm called small cell… … New Collegiate Dictionary
small-cell lung cancer — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body and is characterized by small round or oval cells resembling oat grains and having little cytoplasm called also small… … Useful english dictionary
non-small cell lung cancer — nän .smȯl n any carcinoma (as an adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma) of the lungs that is not a small cell lung cancer called also non small cell cancer, non small cell carcinoma, non small cell lung carcinoma see LARGE CELL CARCINOMA … Medical dictionary
Non-small cell lung cancer — See= * Non small cell lung cancer, at the Lung cancer page * Non small cell lung cancer staging … Wikipedia
non-small-cell lung cancer — NSCLC 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 … The new mediacal dictionary
small-cell lung cancer — see oat cell … Medical dictionary
occult stage non-small cell lung cancer — Cancer cells are found in sputum (mucus coughed up from the lungs), but no tumor can be found in the lung by imaging or bronchoscopy, or the primary tumor is too small to be assessed … English dictionary of cancer terms
