Lung Cancer

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Types



There are a number of different varieties of lung cancer in humans. Such histopathologic, or diseased tissue, types include small cell carcinoma ("oat cell carcinoma"), a cancer composed of anaplastic (unspecialized, undifferentiated) small cells.



squamous cell carcinoma, cancer of the layered, squamous epithelium (surface cells) of the lungs or bronchi
adenocarcinoma, cancer of the glandular tissue, or cancer in which the tumor cells form recognizable glandular pattern...Read the full article