lung cancer

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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

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lung cancer

n → Lungenkrebs m

lung cancer

n → cancro del polmone

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World Lung Cancer Day 2017

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5 years survival after lung cancer treatment remains low

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1 million in new research grants to fund lung cancer research projects at the nation's leading institutions.

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