RT Book, Section
A1 Farago, Anna F.
A1 Heist, Rebecca Suk
A2 Chabner, Bruce A.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1127649249
T1 Small Cell Lung Cancer
T2 Harrison's Manual of Oncology, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793254
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127649249
RD 2024/04/18
AB Lung  cancer  is  the  leading  cause  of  cancer-related  mortality  in  the  United  States  with  over  172,000  new  cases  and  over  163,000  deaths  in  2005  with  over  225,000  new  cases  and  160,000  deaths  in  2013.  Approximately  14%  of  lung  cancers  diagnosed  between  2005  and  2009  were  small  cell  lung  cancer  (SCLC),  with  the  remainder  being  various  subtypes  of  non-small  cell  lung  cancer  (NSCLC)  such  as  adenocarcinoma,  squamous  cell,  and  large  cell,  among  others.  The  proportion  of  new  lung  cancers  diagnosed  that  are  SCLC  has  been  declining  over  the  past  few  decades.  The  reasons  for  this  are  unclear  but  may  relate  at  least  in  part  to  the  changing  composition  of  cigarettes  and  inhalation  patterns.