Lung Cancer.

Essay by RunRabbitRun89High School, 10th grade October 2005

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Lung cancers are generally divided into two type's non-small cell or small cell. These behave and respond to treatment quite differently. Non-small cell lung cancer is more common than small cell lung cancer. There are three main kinds of non-small cell lung cancer. First Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer in men. Second Adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer in people who have never smoked.

Third Large cell carcinomas are a group of cancers with large, abnormal-looking cells. The Second type of lung cancer is Small cell lung cancer, also known as oat cell cancer because the cancer cells may look like oats when viewed under a microscope, grows rapidly and quickly spreads to other organs which is a form of mitosis in the cell.
