Neoplastic Process
bronchogenic carcinoma
[ bron-koh-jeh-nik kar-sih-noh-muh ]
Subclass of:
Bronchial Neoplasms;
Lung Neoplasms
Definitions related to bronchogenic carcinoma:
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(carcinoma, bronchial, malignant) A malignant neoplasia of the lung, arising from bronchial epithelium.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A lung carcinoma arising from the bronchial epithelium.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Cancer that begins in the tissue that lines or covers the airways of the lungs, including small cell and non-small cell lung cancer.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Group of carcinomas of the lung, arising from the epithelium of the bronchial tree.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(carcinoma, bronchogenic) Malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelium of the BRONCHI. It represents a large group of epithelial lung malignancies which can be divided into two clinical groups: SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER and NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CARCINOMA.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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