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Understanding
Lung Cancer -- An Overview
Understanding
Lung Cancer -- An Overview
Understanding Lung
Cancer
Cancers that begin in the lungs
are divided into two major types, nonsmall
cell lung cancer and small
cell lung cancer, depending on how the cells look
under a microscope. Each type of lung cancer grows and spreads
in different ways and is treated differently.
Non-small cell lung cancer
is more common than small cell lung cancer, and it generally
grows and spreads more slowly. There are three main types of
nonsmall cell lung cancer. They are named for the type of
cells in which the cancer develops: squamous
cell carcinoma (also called epidermoid
carcinoma), adenocarcinoma,
and large cell carcinoma.
Small cell lung cancer,
sometimes called oat cell cancer,
is less common than nonsmall cell lung cancer. This type of
lung cancer grows more quickly and is more likely to spread to
other organs in the body.
| Cancers that
begin in the lungs are divided into two major types, non-small
cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer,
depending on how the cells look under a microscope.
Each type of lung cancer grows and spreads in
different ways and is treated differently. |
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