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Small Cell Lung Cancer (PDQ®): Treatment

Internet URL

http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/doc_pdq.aspx?version=patient&viewid=0c22f1bd-4315-4727-8330-79549c8237f3  

Sponsoring Agency

National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

Description

This fact sheet details treatment choices by cancer stage for small cell lung cancer, a lung cancer type usually found in people who smoke or who used to smoke cigarettes. Small cell lung cancer is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the tissues of the lungs.

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Review Date

4/25/2007