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2. Lung cancer - Wikipedia

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   1.8 million (2020) [3] Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged airway cells gain the ability to multiply unchecked, causing the growth of a tumor.

3. Lymphoma - Wikipedia

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   Lymphoma. Lymphoma is a group of blood and lymph tumors that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell ). [7] The name typically refers to just the cancerous versions rather than all such tumours. [7] Signs and symptoms may include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, drenching sweats, unintended weight loss, itching, and constantly feeling ...

4. Hodgkin lymphoma - Wikipedia

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   Hodgkin lymphoma. Hodgkin lymphoma ( HL) is a type of lymphoma in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. [2] [8] The condition was named after the English physician Thomas Hodgkin, who first described it ...

5. Lung cancer staging - Wikipedia

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   Lung cancer staging is the assessment of the extent to which a lung cancer has spread from its original source. As with most cancers, staging is an important determinant of treatment and prognosis. In general, more advanced stages of cancer are less amenable to treatment and have a worse prognosis. The initial evaluation of non-small cell lung ...

6. Signs and symptoms of cancer - Wikipedia

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   Constitutional Symptoms. Unexplained pain: Pain that persists, has no clear cause, and does not respond to treatment may be a warning sign of many types of cancers. Unexplained night sweats or fever: These may be signs of an immune system cancer. Fever in children rarely points to malignancy, but may merit evaluation.

7. ALK positive lung cancer - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. Oncology. ALK positive lung cancer is a primary malignant lung tumor whose cells contain a characteristic abnormal configuration of DNA wherein, most frequently, the echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 ( EML4) gene is fused to the anaplastic lymphoma kinase ( ALK) gene. Less frequently, there will be novel translocation ...