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LUNG CANCER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lung cancer" is a kind of...):
carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
Context examples:
A substance that combines a monoclonal antibody (huN901) with an anticancer drug (DM1), and is being studied in the treatment of certain cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer.
(BB-10901, NCI Dictionary)
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths.
(Novel Approach Gives Insights Into Tumor Development, NIH)
Beryllium is associated with an increased risk of developing lung cancer.
(Beryl Ore, NCI Thesaurus)
A substance being studied in the treatment of small cell lung cancer and other types of cancer.
(Belotecan hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)
This allele, which encodes MIR29A RNA, plays a role in lung cancer as well as Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
(MIR29A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes MIR29B2 RNA, plays a role in lung cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
(MIR29B2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
An anti-idiotypic (anti-Id) rat monoclonal antibody (MoAb) that mimics the disialoganglioside GD2, a cancer-associated antigen present on melanoma, small cell lung cancer, sarcoma, neuroblastoma, and other malignancies.
(Monoclonal Antibody A1G4 Anti-Idiotype Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A monoclonal antibody which recognizes the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A2/B1, a potential epithelial marker in the detection of early lung cancer, on cell surfaces.
(Monoclonal Antibody 703D4, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) vaccine containing six modified mRNAs, which encode six different NSCLC associated antigens, with potential antitumor and immunomodulatory activities.
(mRNA-derived Lung Cancer Vaccine CV9202, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in transcriptional regulation and is frequently amplified in small-cell lung cancer.
(MYCL1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
