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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 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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Cancers as related to Lung Cancer
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- Lung Cancer - MedicineNet
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- Lung Cancer: Cancer of the Lungs: Merck Manual Home Edition
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- Cancer - Wikipedia
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- HealthTalk - Lung Cancer - What is lung cancer?
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- Information about Lung Cancer - Stanford Cancer Center
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- Lung Cancer | Cancer.Net
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- Lung Cancer
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- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cancer
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- Lung Cancers
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- Cancer Information on Healthline
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- Lung Cancer
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- Cancer Information, Research, and Treatment for all Types of Cancer ...
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