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Descriptor
English
:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas
Synonyms
English
:
Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma
Tree Number:
C04.557.470.200.300
C04.588.894.797.520.230
C08.381.540.145
C08.785.520.145
Definition
English
:
A heterogeneous aggregate of at least three distinct histological types of
lung
cancer, including SQUAMOUS CELL
CARCINOMA
;
ADENOCARCINOMA
; and LARGE CELL
CARCINOMA
. They are dealt with collectively because of the shared properties of poor response to conventional chemotherapy and the potential for
cure
with surgical resection in a fraction of
patients.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate IM with
LUNG NEOPLASMS
(IM); do not confuse with
CARCINOMA
, LARGE CELL or
CARCINOMA
, SMALL CELL; DF: NSCLC
See Related
English
:
Adenocarcinoma
Carcinoma, Large Cell
Carcinoma, Small Cell
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
History Note
English
:
94; was CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL CELL LUNG 1987-93
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
blood supply
cerebrospinal fluid
chemistry
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
secondary
secretion
surgery
therapy
ultrastructure
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
31722
Unique Identifier:
D002289
Occurrence in VHL
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