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Carcinomas of the lung originate from the pulmonary parenchyma or the tracheobronchial tree. The latter consists of the trachea, which subdivides into the main bronchi and lobar bronchi bilaterally.
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Gomez, D., Balter, P., Liao, Z. (2014). Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Small Cell Lung Cancer. In: Lee, N.Y., Riaz, N., Lu, J.J. (eds) Target Volume Delineation for Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2014_976
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