Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Lung: A Prognostic Spectrum

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Authors

Hisao Asamura · National Cancer Center Hospital East

Toru Kameya · The Cancer Institute Hospital

Yoshihiro Matsuno · Osaka City General Hospital

Masayuki Noguchi · Osaka City General Hospital

Hirohito Tada · Osaka City General Hospital

Yuichi Ishikawa · Shizuoka Cancer Center

Tomoyuki Yokose

Abstract

The grade of malignancy of NE tumors was upgraded in the following order: TC, AC, LCNEC, and SCLC. No prognostic difference was noted between LCNEC and SCLC. The high-grade NE histology uniformly indicated poor prognosis regardless of its histologic type.

Topics & Keywords

Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Lung Cancer Research Studies Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 24, Issue 1, pp. 70-76

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.04.1202

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