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Denise has over 30 years of varying experience in the healthcare arena. In August 2009 she joined The Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education as one of its first employees. She has grown with the organization and now oversees the operational movement of programs, efficiency, and effectiveness within the organization, as well as the daily processes and functions.
For our 11th video in the GRACE Spanish Lung Cancer Library, 
Dr. Brian Hunis, Medical Director, Head and Neck Cancer Program, Memorial Cancer Institute, Miami, Florida, joined GRACE to discuss the basics of Lung Cancer for Spanish-speaking patients and caregivers, in this video Dr. Hunis reviews lung cancer subtypes.
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Subtipos del Cancer de Pulmón
Hay dos tipos muy grandes cancer de pulmón: el cáncer de pulmón de células pequeñas y el cáncer de pulmón de células no pequeñas. Dentro del cancer de pulmón de células no pequeñas, los dos grupos grandes son: el cáncer de pulmón escamoso o epidermoide y el cancer de pulmón no escamoso o no epidermoide, dentro de los cuales el grupo más grande es el adenocarcinoma, el cáncer de pulmón de células grandes y el cáncer de pulmón no identificado (NOS o not otherwise specified).
Lung Cancer Subtypes
There are two big subtypes of lung cancer: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. In non-small cell lung cancer there are two large subtypes that are: squamous or epidermoid lung cancer and non-squamous or non-epidermoid lung cancer in which the largest groups is adenocarcinoma, large cell lung cancer and not specified lung cancer (NOS or not otherwise specified).
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