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PANCOAST-TUMOR


origination date: 28/05/2002
originator: Clara
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 03/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISANON-SMALL-CELL-LUNG-CANCER
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-RESPIRATORY-AND-INTRATHORACIC-ORGANS-
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-TRACHEA-BRONCHUS-AND-LUNG
NON-SMALL-CELL-LUNG-CANCER
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
Pancoast tumorterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: type of non-small cell lung cancer found in the apex or groove along the top edge of the lung. It grows slowly and can cause pain by affecting adjacent nerves. (en)
superior sulcus tumorterm type: synonym
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: see Pancoast tumor (en)

Spanish
tumor de Pancoastterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: masculine
definition: cáncer de pulmón no microcítico originado en la parte superior del pulmón, caracterizado por un crecimiento lento y por causar dolor al afectar los nervios adyacentes. (es)