Synonyms and Keywords

lung cancer, adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinoma of the lung, bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma, carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, air pollution, asbestos, bronchogenic carcinoma, bronchoscopy, bronchoscope, cigarette smoking, hospice care, large cell lung cancer, mediastinoscopy, metastasis, metastatic lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, non-small-cell lung cancer, NSCLC, palliative care, passive smoking, radon, sidestream smoke, small-cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, SCLC, squamous cell lung cancer, thoracentesis, thoracotomy, tuberculosis, TB, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, paraneoplastic syndrome

Authors and Editors

Author: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Editor: Jay W. Marks, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, Program Director, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Manitoba; Site Coordinator of Respiratory Medicine, St Boniface General Hospital.

Editors: Winston W Tan, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Mayo Medical School; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.

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