Diseases

Lewis Lung Carcinoma

A carcinoma discovered by Dr. Margaret R. Lewis of the Wistar Institute in 1951. This tumor originated spontaneously as a carcinoma of the lung of a C57BL mouse. The tumor does not appear to be grossly hemorrhagic and the majority of the tumor tissue is a semifirm homogeneous mass. (From Cancer Chemother Rep 2 1972 Nov;(3)1:325) It is also called 3LL and LLC and is used as a transplantable malignancy.

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A carcinoma discovered by Dr. Margaret R. Lewis of the Wistar Institute in 1951. This tumor originated spontaneously as a carcinoma of the lung of a C57BL mouse. The tumor does not appear to be grossly hemorrhagic and the majority of the tumor tissue is a semifirm homogeneous mass. (From Cancer Chemother Rep 2 1972 Nov;(3)1:325) It is also called 3LL and LLC and is used as a transplantable malignancy.

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  • Carcinoma, Lewis Lung
  • Lung Carcinoma, Lewis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, virology.

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  • Lung Neoplasms (1972-1994)

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  1. C04w.557.470.200w.280w
  2. C04w.619.230w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Lewis Lung Carcinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018827. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018827
  2. Lewis Lung Carcinoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_lung_carcinoma
  3. Lewis Lung Carcinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6537255