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This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about Lung Cancer screening.
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ABOUT PDQ PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database. Full description of the NCI PDQ database. ADDITIONAL PDQ SUMMARIES PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Adult Treatment Treatment options for adult cancers. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Pediatric Treatment Treatment options for childhood cancers. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Supportive Care Side effects of cancer treatment,...
Stages of Small Cell Lung Cancer

After small cell lung cancer has been diagnosed,tests are done to find out if cancer cells have spread within the chest or to other parts of the body. The process used to find out if cancer has spread within the chest or to other parts of the body is called staging. The information gathered from the staging process determines the stage of the disease. It is important to know the stage in ...
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Get more information on small cell lung cancer treatment. How to contact the National Cancer Institute (NCI) via phone (1-800-4-Cancer), online, or mail. Plus, details on how to search the NCI web site, and how to order NCI publications.
Treatment Option Overview

There are different types of treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Different types of treatments are available for patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Some treatments are standard (the currently used treatment),and some are being tested in clinical trials. Before starting treatment,patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. A treatment clinical ..
Treatment Options by Stage

Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment of limited-stage small cell lung cancer may include the following: Combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy to the chest,with or without radiation therapy to the brain. Combination chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy to the brain in patients with complete response. Combination chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy to the ..
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This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information on lung cancer.
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ABOUT PDQ PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database. Full description of the NCI PDQ database. ADDITIONAL PDQ SUMMARIES PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Adult Treatment Treatment options for adult cancers. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Pediatric Treatment Treatment options for childhood cancers. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Supportive Care Side effects of cancer treatment,...
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If you have questions or comments about this summary,please send them to Cancer.gov through the Web site’s Contact Form. We can respond only to email messages written in English. ...