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Is the study of the incidence, distribution, and ultimately, the prevention and control of lung cancer within the general population.
Characteristics
Of all cancer types, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, mostly in the United States (Adami et al. 2008).
Types of Lung Cancer
Approximately 95 % of primary lung cancers are carcinomas of the lung, arising from deregulated growth of epithelial cells (American Cancer Society 2014). The two major lung carcinomas are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Approximately 85–90 % of lung cancers are diagnosed as NSCLC, a heterogeneous group of malignancies consisting of three subtypes:
Adenocarcinomas account for approximately 40 % of all lung cancers. About 25–30 % of lung cancers are squamous cell carcinomas, and about 10–15 % of lung cancers are large cell carcinomas. Other subtypes of NSCLC are rare and...
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Kratzke, R., Franklin, M.J. (2014). Lung Cancer Epidemiology. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_6893-8
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