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small cell lung carcinoma

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Disease Overview

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive malignant neoplasm, accounting for 10-15% of lung cancer cases, characterized byrapid growth, and early metastasis. SCLC usually manifests as a large hilar mass with bulky mediastinal lymphadenopathy presenting clinically with chest pain, persistent cough, dyspnea, wheezing, hoarseness, hemoptysis, loss of appetite, weight loss, and neurological and endocrine paraneoplastic syndromes. SCLC is primarily reported in elderly people with a history of long-term tobacco exposure.

Synonyms

  • SCLC
  • SCLC1
  • Small cell lung cancer
  • lung oat cell carcinoma
  • lung small cell carcinoma
  • lung small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
  • oat cell carcinoma
  • oat cell carcinoma (morphologic abnormality)
  • oat cell carcinoma of lung
  • oat cell carcinoma of the lung
  • oat cell lung carcinoma
  • poorly differentiated endocrine neoplasm
  • small cell cancer of the lung
  • small cell cancer of the lung, somatic
  • small cell carcinoma of lung
  • small cell carcinoma of the lung
  • small cell lung cancer
  • small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of lung
  • small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung
  • small-cell cancer of lung
GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Orphanet has a summary about this condition that may include information on the diagnosis, care, and treatment as well as other resources. Some of the information and resources are available in languages other than English. The summary may include medical terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. Orphanet is the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research and the Health Programme of the European Union.

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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