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Progress on diagnosis and treatment of lung neuroendocrine tumors

Delin Xia

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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are the malignant tumors which originate from neuroendocrine cells of the whole body, the lung is the second common site after the gastrointestinal tract.The lung NETs have four subtypes: typical carcinoids, atypical carcinoids, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and small cell lung carcinoma.Compared with the common lung cancers, lung NETs have different pathology, clinical manifestations and treatment.This article reviews the progress of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary NETs in recent years. Key words: Lung neuroendocrine tumors; Diagnosis; Treatment

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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are the malignant tumors which originate from neuroendocrine cells of the whole body, the lung is the second common site after the gastrointestinal tract.The lung NETs have four subtypes: typical carcinoids, atypical carcinoids, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and small cell lung carcinoma.Compared with the common lung cancers, lung NETs have different pathology, clinical manifestations and treatment.This article reviews the progress of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary NETs in recent years. Key words: Lung neuroendocrine tumors; Diagnosis; Treatment

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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are the malignant tumors which originate from neuroendocrine cells of the whole body, the lung is the second common site after the gastrointestinal tract.The lung NETs have four subtypes: typical carcinoids, atypical carcinoids, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and small cell lung carcinoma.Compared with the common lung cancers, lung NETs have different pathology, clinical manifestations and treatment.This article reviews the progress of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary NETs in recent years. Key words: Lung neuroendocrine tumors; Diagnosis; Treatment

Key concepts: Medicine, Lung, Neuroendocrine tumors, Neuroendocrine carcinoma, Gastrointestinal tract, Pathology, Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine cell

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