Carcinoid TumorCarcinomaLarge CellCarcinomaSmall CellLung NeoplasmsPulmonary carcinoid tumours are relatively rare tumours, constituting only 1-5% of all lung cancers.1 However, this still represents a significant number of individuals. The classification scheme published by the World Health Organization (...
The consensus statement recommended eliminating the use of the historic term bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) since that term has been used for a variety of tumors now known to have greatly varied biology and prognosis. Despite this recommendation, the term BAC continues to be used clinically as...
These properties contribute to an exceedingly dismal prognosis of SCLC, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 5% [3]. Over the last two decades, frontline therapeutic choices have remained mostly unchanged, and effective treatment options for recurrent disease are also scarce, underscoring...
Symptoms related to cancer: The growth of cancer and invasion of lung tissues and surrounding tissue may interfere with breathing, leading to symptoms such ascough, shortness of breath, wheezing,chest pain, andcoughingup blood (hemoptysis). If cancer has invaded nerves, for example, it may cause...
Lung carcinoids (LCs) are rare tumors, whose incidence has increased during the last decades; however, some controversies still exist on their diagnosis and management, also given the scarcity of prospective data. Surgery remains the gold standard for lo
Molecular profiling of the cancer provides further distinction of the tumor 's biological behavior, prognosis , and treatment options. Symptoms include cough, dyspnea , weight loss , and chest discomfort. Regional and metastatic spread cause additional symptoms and complications depending on the location...
After deliberating with her husband and conferring with her Milwaukee doctors, Houser opted for surgery performed Oct. 30, which removed part of her left lung. A pathologist determined that the nodule was a rare, slow-growing neuroendocrine lung cancer known as abronchial carcinoid, which can caus...
There are only two major types of lung cancers: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Less than 5% of lung cancer tumors will take the form of a carcinoid tumor, while other cancerous tumors are even more rare, including adenoid cystic carcinomas, lymphomas, and sarcomas....
accounting for 85 percent of lung cancers, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Small cell lung cancer comprises about 10 percent to 15 percent of all cases and is a fast-growing form of lung cancer, according to the ACS.Lung carcinoid tumorsare rare, grow very slowly and usuall...
FULL PAPER British Journal of Cancer (2015) 113, 1493–1501 | doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.349 Keywords: tumour marker; prognostic indicator; urine diacetylspermine; non-small-cell lung cancer Urinary N1, N12-diacetylspermine is a non-invasive marker for the diagnosis and prognosis of non-small-cell ...