lung cancer
Medical term for cancer originating in the lungs. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.
My father is hospitalized with lung cancer.
Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer.
Common mixed-kana spelling; 癌 is often written in kana for readability.
Katakana spelling for がん; sometimes used for emphasis or in informal contexts.
Kanji spelling using 癌; less common in everyday writing but seen in medical contexts.
Compound of 肺 (lung) and がん (cancer). がん is a phonetic adaptation of the English 'cancer' or from the kanji 癌.