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Abstract
A carcinoma originating in the lung and the most common lung cancer type in never-smokers. Malignant cells exhibit distinct features such as glandular epithelial, or tubular morphology. Mutations in KRAS, EGFR, BRAF, and ERBB2 genes are associated with this cancer.
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- Lung Adenocarcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma, Lung
- Adenocarcinomas, Lung
- Lung Adenocarcinomas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with LUNG NEOPLASMS (IM)
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2019 (2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Adenocarcinoma of Lung. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077192. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077192
- Adenocarcinoma of Lung. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenocarcinoma_of_the_lung
- Adenocarcinoma of Lung. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843799