What is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
What is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: It is any type of lung cancer other than small cell carcinoma (SCLC). As a class, NSCLCs are relatively insensitive to chemotherapy, compared to small cell carcinoma.
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, or a subtype of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Introduction
Types of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
Broader types of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
How serious is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Prognosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Like all cancers, lung cancer is most easily and successfully treated if it is caught early. An early-stage cancer is less likely to have grown to a large size or to have spread to other parts of the body (metastasized). Large or metastasized cancers are much more difficult to treat.
Complications of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
see complications of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
What causes Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Causes of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: see causes of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
What are the symptoms of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Symptoms of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
see symptoms of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Complications of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
see complications of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
see treatments for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Research for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
see research for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Name and Aliases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Main name of condition: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Other names or spellings for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
NSCLC
NSCLC
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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