Cancer - lung - small cell; Small cell lung cancer; SCLC

If you smoke, stop smoking. It's never too late to quit. In addition, you should try to avoid secondhand smoke.

See also: Lung Cancer

Johnson DH, Blot WJ, Carbone DP, et al. Cancer of the lung: Non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKenna WG, eds. Abeloff’sClinical Oncology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 76.

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Small cell carcinoma

Bronchoscope

Smoking hazards

Lungs

Non-small cell carcinoma

Lung cancer - chemotherapy treatment

Respiratory system

Squamous cell carcinoma

Bronchial cancer - chest X-ray

Lung with squamous cell cancer - CT scan

Secondhand Smoke and Lung Cancer

Adenocarcinoma - chest X-ray

Adenocarcinoma

Normal lungs and alveoli

Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray

Lung cancer, lateral chest X-ray

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Review Date: 09/26/2010
Reviewed By: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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