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occult stage non-small cell lung cancer (uh-KULT ... KAN-ser)

 Cancer cells are found in sputum (mucus coughed up from the lungs), but no tumor can be found in the lung by imaging or bronchoscopy, or the primary tumor is too small to be assessed.



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