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Lung
Term	Lung
Short definition	lung (lung) One of two organs in the chest that supplies oxygen to the body and removes carbon dioxide from the body
Type	Cancer terms
Specialty	Oncology
Language	English
Source	NCI
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lung - (pronounced) (lung) One of two organs in the chest that supplies oxygen to the body and removes carbon dioxide from the body

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 |Term=lung
-|Short definition=Lumoxiti (loo-MOK-sih-tee) A drug used to treat adults with hairy cell leukemia who have returned or not improved with at least two other systemic therapies, including treatment with a purine nucleoside analogue (a type of cancer drug). Lumoxiti contains a monoclonal antibody that attaches to a protein called CD22, which is found on B cells (a type of white blood cell) and some types of leukemia cells.
+|Short definition=lung (lung) One of two organs in the chest that supplies oxygen to the body and removes carbon dioxide from the body
 |Type=Cancer terms
 |Specialty=Oncology