Squamous cell carcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma commonly starts in the bronchi and may not spread as rapidly as other lung cancers.

Review Date: 12/20/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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