lung cancer

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   carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer

   Broadercarcinoma

Questions about lung cancer

What does lung cancer mean?

lung cancer means "carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer".

Is lung cancer a common word?

lung cancer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.