Under WHO-2004, lung carcinomas are divided into 8 major taxa:

Other paraneoplastic disorders are associated with a common smoker's cancer, small-cell lung carcinoma.

The effect of a traditional Chinese prescription for a case of lung carcinoma.

Eight major groups of lung carcinomas are recognized in WHO-2004:

Currently, nearly four dozen different histopathological variants of lung carcinoma are recognized.

In adults, most cases are associated with breast carcinoma or small-cell lung carcinoma.

Damage to chromosomes 3p, 5q, 13q, and 17p are particularly common in small-cell lung carcinoma.

The two broad classes are non-small-cell and small-cell lung carcinoma.

The WHO-2004 scheme groups lung carcinomas into 8 major types:

WHO-2004 recognizes 8 major types of primary lung carcinoma based on cytological and tissue architectural characteristics.