Are there different types of lung cancer?

Are there different types of lung cancer?

Jay M. Lee (Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program, UCLA) gives expert video advice on: Are there different types of lung cancer?; What is the most common type of lung cancer? and more...

There are two major types of lung cancer: non-small cell and small cell lung cancer. This is a diagnosis that is made epistologically by the pathologist. So the pathologist would look at the cancer cells under a microscope, and a distinction is made between small cell and non-small cell lung cancer.