Small cell lung cancer also known as oat cell carcinoma is one of the types of lung cancer; it characteristically grows fast, spreads early to other organs and consequently has a poor outcome. It is associated with smoking cigarettes.
When viewed under the light microscope, the cells in small cell lung cancer are small with a relatively large nucleus giving them a look not unlike oat grains – oat cell carcinoma.
Reference:
Underwood JCE and Cross SS (eds.), 2009, General and Systematic Pathology, 5th edition, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, page 349. Go to reference
Oat cell carcinoma
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