Cancer of the Lung Definition
Cancer of the Lung: Tumors or cancer of the LUNG.
Synonym: pulmonary cancer, lung neoplasm, lung cancer, cancer of lung, pulmonary neoplasm.
Terms Related to Cancer of the Lung
Small Cell Lung Cancer
An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with scanty neoplasm. It is characterized by a dominant, deeply basophilic nucleus, ...
Oncoprotein p53
Nuclear phosphoprotein encoded by the p53 gene (GENES, P53) whose normal function is to control cell proliferation. A mutant or absent p53 protein has been ...
Oat Cell Carcinoma
An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with scanty neoplasm. It is characterized by a dominant, deeply basophilic nucleus, ...
Protein p53
Nuclear phosphoprotein encoded by the p53 gene (GENES, P53) whose normal function is to control cell proliferation. A mutant or absent p53 protein has been ...
Round Cell Carcinoma
An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with scanty neoplasm. It is characterized by a dominant, deeply basophilic nucleus, ...
Antioncogene Protein p53
Nuclear phosphoprotein encoded by the p53 gene (GENES, P53) whose normal function is to control cell proliferation. A mutant or absent p53 protein has been ...
Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
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 ...
Hyperlucent Lung
Hyperlucency of one lung with decreased size and vascularity of the lung. It is often associated with BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS and with adenovirus infection in childhood.
Lung Volume Reduction
The excision of lung tissue, especially of an entire lung. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Lewis Lung Carcinoma
A carcinoma discovered by Dr. Margaret R. Lewis of the Wistar Institute in 1951. This tumor originated spontaneously as a carcinoma of the lung of ...