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Definition of Oat cell carcinoma

1. Noun. Highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas.

Medical Definition of Oat cell carcinoma

1. An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with very scanty cytoplasm; this carcinoma and small round cell carcinoma's comprise over one-third of carcinoma's of the lung. Synonym: small cell carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oat Cell Carcinoma

Literary usage of Oat cell carcinoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Disability Evaluation Under Social Security edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... including undifferentiated and mixed-cell types (but excluding oat cell carcinoma, 13.13C, and squamous cell carcinoma, 13.13D), with métastases to the ..."

2. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... contains most of the cell's DNA and some of its RNA oat cell carcinoma a type of lung cancer off-gassing the release of gaseous chemicals from a solid ..."

3. Asbestos Publications Produced by the National Institute for Occupational by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Ann NY Acad Sci 277:336-344, 1976. 33. Gloyne, SR: A case of oat cell carcinoma of the lung occurring in asbestosis. Tubercle 75:100-101, 1936. 34. ..."

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