Lung cancer - small cell Health Article

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Small cell carcinoma
Small cell carcinoma, also called oat cell carcinoma, can create its own hormones, which alter body chemistry. Update Date:
09/04/2008 Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Bronchoscopy
Lungs
Lung cancer, lateral chest X-ray

Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray
Adenocarcinoma - chest X-ray
Bronchial cancer - CT scan

Bronchial cancer - chest X-ray
Lung with squamous cell cancer - CT scan
Normal lungs and alveoli

Respiratory system
Smoking hazards
Bronchoscope

Lung cancer - chemotherapy treatment
Adenocarcinoma
Large cell carcinoma

Small cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Secondhand smoke and lung cancer

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