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lung cancer

Tobacco smoking is the main cause of lung cancer. Tiny, hairlike cilia line the respiratory tract and help protect the lungs from chemicals. Smoking eventually destroys their ability to do this. It is the chemicals present in the smoke, however, that cause cancer.

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Noun

lung cancer - carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer

carcinoma - any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer

Translations

lung cancer

n → Lungenkrebs m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lung cancer

n → cancro del polmone

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Experts are calling for the introduction of a nationwide screening programme with the results of a recent study suggesting such an initiative could reduce deaths from lung cancer by up to 61 per cent (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, 2018; De Koning H, et al., 2018.

National lung cancer screening programme could save Kiwi lives

Veracyte (VCYT) announced that it has entered into a long-term strategic collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JNJ) and the Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson & Johnson to advance the development and commercialization of novel diagnostic tests to detect lung cancer at its earliest stages, when the disease is most treatable.

Veracyte, Johnson & Johnson Innovation enter collaboration for lung cancer tests

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M2 EQUITYBITES-July 3, 2018-CURE Media Group signs strategic partnership with Lung Cancer Alliance to improve access to resources in lung cancer community

CURE Media Group signs strategic partnership with Lung Cancer Alliance to improve access to resources in lung cancer community