SINCE 1828
non-small cell lung cancer
noun
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Medical Definition of non-small cell lung cancer
: any carcinoma (as an adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma) of the lungs that is not a small-cell lung cancer
— called also non-small cell cancer, non-small cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma
— see large-cell carcinomaComments on non-small cell lung cancer
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