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This patient summary on superior vena cava syndrome is adapted from a summary written for health professionals by cancer experts. This and other credible information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, supportive care, and ongoing clinical trials is available from the National Cancer Institute. Superior vena cava syndrome is a collection of symptoms that can occur in patients who have lung cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or other cancers. It also can occur from noncancer causes. Although serious when it occurs in adults, this syndrome is life threatening in children. This brief summary describes superior vena cava syndrome and its treatment.
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Each year, families across the nation take a step in the right direction to further the fight against blood cancers.
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Simian virus 40 (SV40) is a virus that infects several species of monkeys and typically does not cause symptoms or disease in them.
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