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lung

[luhng] / lʌŋ /
NOUN
body part
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The treatment is already offered to some patients with other types of cancer, including lung and brain.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Nuvalent has two late-stage therapies for non-small cell lung cancer that GSK says have “multi-blockbuster potential,” the industry parlance for sales of more than $1 billion per year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The drug combination also showed a 100% response rate in a small group of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

This is because the patients being tested have a form of lung cancer closely tied to smoking that has few treatment options.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“Maybe not. It might live in an insect, and insects don’t have lungs. But you see here how Ebola has adapted to this lung. It’s budding out of the lung, right straight into the air.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston



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