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Lung cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the lung. The lungs are a pair of cone-shaped breathing organs inside the chest. The lungs bring oxygen into the body when breathing in and send carbon dioxide out of the body when breathing out. Each lung has sections called lobes. The left lung has two lobes. The right lung, which is slightly larger, has three. A thin membrane called the pleura surrounds the lungs. Two tubes called bronchi lead from the trachea ... 
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Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue (invasion) or by migration of cells to distant sites (metastasis). This unregulated growth is caused by a series of acquired or inherited mutations to DNA within cells, damaging genetic information that define the cell functions and removing normal control of cell division. ...
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Lung Cancer as related to Cancers
- Lung Cancer - Wikipedia
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- Cancer: Common Cancers in Adults -- familydoctor.org
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- Lung Cancer - oncologychannel
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- Lung Cancer
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- Lung Cancer: Cancer of the Lungs: Merck Manual Home Edition
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- Lung Cancer
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center: Lung Cancer
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- lung cancer: Information from Answers.com
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- Lung CT scan for cancer: Should you be screened? - MayoClinic.com
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- Lung Cancer
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- Lung Cancer
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- LungCancer.org
Offers information for lung cancer patients and their families, and referral to CancerCare's free professional counseling, education programs, and financial ...
- Lung Cancers
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- UCSD Radiation Oncology - Lung Cancer
... Cancer. Leukemia & Lymphomas. Lung Cancer. Pediatric Cancers ... Lung cancers are divided into 2 main types: Small Cell and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) ...
- Lung Cancers :: A free and web-based cancer staging program and ...
Cancer Staging info is a free web-based and user tailored interactive cancer ... Lung Cancers Tutorial. General cancer and oncology news. Important links ...
- Lung Cancer - MayoClinic
Lung cancer — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment, ... It claims more lives each year than colon, prostate, lymph and breast cancers combined. ...
- Lung Cancer - MedicineNet
Get the facts on lung cancer treatment, diagnosis, staging, causes (smoking) ... Cancer of the lung, like all cancers, results from an abnormality in the body's ...
- Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - Cancer Network
Ohmatsu found 35 lung cancers (0.37% detection rate) with 9,452 CT scans. ... Chapter 5: Thyroid and Parathyroid Cancers. Chapter 6: Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer ...
- InteliHealth:
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- Lung Cancer | Cancer.Net
... (ASCO) is the world's leading professional organization representing physicians who treat people with cancer. ASCO's ... so any new cancers can be detected as ...
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