TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung
T2 - Recent developments in histopathology
AU - Flieder, Douglas B.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Lung tumors with neuroendocrine differentiation are made up of several neoplasms with particular epidemiologic, clinical, morphologic, and molecular characteristics. Typical and atypical carcinoid tumors represent low-grade and intermediate-grade carcinomas, respectively, whereas small-cell carcinoma and large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma are considered high-grade carcinomas. Recent studies support the use of this four-tumor, three-tier classification scheme, but in practice, definitive diagnoses on small tissue samples remain a challenge for even the most experienced lung pathologists.
AB - Lung tumors with neuroendocrine differentiation are made up of several neoplasms with particular epidemiologic, clinical, morphologic, and molecular characteristics. Typical and atypical carcinoid tumors represent low-grade and intermediate-grade carcinomas, respectively, whereas small-cell carcinoma and large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma are considered high-grade carcinomas. Recent studies support the use of this four-tumor, three-tier classification scheme, but in practice, definitive diagnoses on small tissue samples remain a challenge for even the most experienced lung pathologists.
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U2 - 10.1097/00063198-200207000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00063198-200207000-00006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12055389
SN - 1070-5287
VL - 8
SP - 275
EP - 280
JO - Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
JF - Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
IS - 4
ER -