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Lung cancer is a cancer of the lungs characterized by the presence of malignant tumours. Most commonly it is bronchogenic carcinoma (about 90%). Lung cancer is one of the most lethal of cancers worldwide, causing up to 3 million deaths annually. Only one in ten patients diagnosed with this disease will survive the next five years. Although lung cancer was previously an illness that affected predominately men, the lung cancer rate for women has been increasing in the last few decades, which ...
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- Alliance for Lung Cancer
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- American Cancer Society
- American Lung Association
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- Angiogenesis Inhibitors (National Cancer Institute)
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors in the Treatment of Cancer
- Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers
- Asian Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network (Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum)
- Atlas of the Body: The Respiratory System -- Basic Function (American Medical Association)
- Biological Therapies for Cancer
- Biological Therapy (National Cancer Institute)
- Breast Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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- Cancer Facts - Preguntas y respuestas sobre dejar de fumar (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Genetics Overview (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Literature in PubMed (National Cancer Institute)
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- Cancer.gov Dictionary (National Cancer Institute)
- CancerResource (American Institute for Cancer Research)
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- Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Lung Neoplasms (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Mesothelioma (National Institutes of Health)
- Computed Tomography (CT) -- Chest (Radiological Society of North America)
- Detecting Spread of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer within the Chest (American College of Physicians)
- Discovery Promises Better Use of Iressa for Lung Cancer (American Cancer Society)
- Do We Know What Causes Lung Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- Dyspnea (Alliance for Lung Cancer)
- El cáncer de pulmón
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- Environmental Tobacco Smoke (National Cancer Institute)
- Etapa del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas (National Cancer Institute)
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- FDA Approves First Drug for Rare Type of Cancer (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
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- Frequently Asked Questions - Lung Cancer (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Genes and Disease: Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Glossary of Terms (Alliance for Lung Cancer)
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- Helping Hand Resource Guide (Cancer Care, Inc.)
- How Do the Lungs Work? (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- How Is Lung Cancer Diagnosed? (American Cancer Society)
- How Is Lung Cancer Staged? (American Cancer Society)
- Información Sobre el Cáncer de Pulmón (American Lung Association)
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- Interpreting Laboratory Test Results
- Lasers in Cancer Treatment
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- Lung Cancer (American Lung Association)
- Lung Cancer (Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS)
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- Lung Cancer (PDQ): Prevention (National Cancer Institute)
- Lung Cancer (PDQ): Screening (National Cancer Institute)
- Lung Cancer Prevention (National Cancer Institute)
- Lung Cancer Prevention, Genetics, Causes (National Cancer Institute)
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- Lung Cancer Research Funding Opportunities (National Cancer Institute)
- Lung Cancer Research Projects (National Cancer Institute)
- Lung Cancer Screening (National Cancer Institute)
- Lung Cancer Screening and Testing (National Cancer Institute)
- Lung Cancer Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Lung Cancer Trial Results (National Cancer Institute)
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- Lung Cancer [NIHSeniorHealth] (National Institute on Aging)
- Lung Cancer: What Happens after Treatment? (American Cancer Society)
- Lung SPOREs (National Cancer Institute)
- Lungcancer.org (Cancer Care, Inc., Oncology Nursing Society)
- Malignant Mesothelioma (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Many Lung Cancer Patients Feel Stigmatized (American Cancer Society)
- Mayo Lung Project: After 20 Years, No Benefit from Chest X-rays (National Cancer Institute)
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- Metastatic Cancer: Questions and Answers
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- National Cancer Institute
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- National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) (National Cancer Institute)
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- National Lung Screening Trial Reaches Goal of 50,000 Participants (National Institutes of Health)
- NCI Designated Cancer Centers (National Cancer Institute)
- Neuropathy (Alliance for Lung Cancer)
- NIHSeniorHealth (National Institute on Aging)
- Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Non-small Cell Lung CancerTreatment - Patients (National Cancer Institute)
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- PDQ-Supportive Care-Patients: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (National Cancer Institute)
- PDQ-Tratamiento-Pacientes: Cáncer de pulmón de células no pequeñas (National Cancer Institute)
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- PDQ-Treatment-Patients: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
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- Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers
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- Positron Emission Tomography: The Power of Molecular Imaging (University of California, Los Angeles)
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- Preguntas y respuestas acerca del cáncer metastásico
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- Questions and Answers About Beta Carotene Chemoprevention Trials
- Questions and Answers about Cigar Smoking and Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers
- Radiography -- Chest (Chest X-ray) (Radiological Society of North America)
- Radon and Cancer
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- Small Cell Lung Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Small Cell Lung Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
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- Tumor Grade: Questions and Answers
- Tumor Markers
- Types of Treatment for Lung Cancer (American Cancer Society)
- Understanding Cancer Statistics (National Cancer Institute)
- Understanding Gene Testing (National Cancer Institute)
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- What Are the Risk Factors for Lung Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
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- What's New in Lung Cancer Research and Treatment? (American Cancer Society)
- Women & Lung Cancer (Cancer Care, Inc., Oncology Nursing Society)
- Women and Smoking (American Legacy Foundation)
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