enyaw061032 Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 Does anyone know anything about oat cell lung cancer? If so, please describe it for me? Thanks Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 Oat cell is the same thing as what is now called small cell lung cancer. It used to be referred to as oat cell--don't know why and I don't know why "they" stopped calling it that. elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Like Elaine wrote Oat Cell Cancer is now called small cell lung cancer, reason it was called oat cell was it look's like what it is called. Very Very fast growing lung cancer.....Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellakc2 Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 The reason it was call oat cell is because looking under a miroscope it was small and round. I don't know why the name stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy RN Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 They changed it because they found the larger cell was different. I think they also wanted to confuse us. Small cell and non-small cell. Why not small and large cell????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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