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Small Cell Carcinoma of Lung : Complications

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Complications List

Complications could include:

Complications Overview Articles

Lung Cancer, Small Cell
Small cell lung cancer can cause several hormonal disorders. About 40% of patients begin to secrete an anti-diuretic hormone at the wrong time.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Lung Cancer, Small Cell
Small cell lung cancer is a very aggressive disease. Without treatment, limited-stage patients will survive for three to six months, while extensive-stage patients will survive six to 12 weeks.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Metastasis
Metastasis is the movement or spreading of cancer cells from one organ or tissue to another. Cancer cells usually spread through the bloodstream or the lymph system.Whether or not cancer cells metastasize(spread to) to other parts of the body depe...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 20, 2008
Metastasis
Metastasis can refer either to the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, or to the condition produced by this spread. The English word metastasis(plural, metastases) comes from a Greek word that means"a change."
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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