Typical Carcinoid Tumor
Typical Carcinoid Tumor Mary Beth Beasley Carcinoid tumors as a whole make up approximately 1% to 2% of all pulmonary malignancies and consist of typical and atypical subtypes. Atypical carcinoid…
Small Cell Carcinoma
Small Cell Carcinoma Mary Beth Beasley Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) comprises approximately 20% of all lung carcinomas, classically presenting as a hilar mass with extensive adenopathy, although approximately 20%…
Large Cell Carcinoma
Large Cell Carcinoma Timothy Craig Allen Large cell carcinoma of the lung is defined as “an undifferentiated non-small cell carcinoma that lacks the cytological and architectural features of small cell…
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous Cell Carcinoma Timothy Craig Allen Squamous cell lung cancer remains the most common histologic type of lung cancer worldwide; however, in the United States, Canada, Japan, and China, due…
Adenosquamous Carcinoma
Adenosquamous Carcinoma Timothy Craig Allen Adenosquamous carcinoma is an uncommon, mixed subtype of non-small cell lung cancer that makes up approximately 2% to 5% of lung cancers.1,2,3 and 4 The…
Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma/Adenocarcinoma-in-Situ
Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma/Adenocarcinoma-in-Situ Philip T. Cagle Keith M. Kerr First described by Averill Liebow in 1960,1 bronchioloalveolar carcinomas (BACs) were thought to be derived from the peripheral pulmonary epithelium with tumor…
Adenocarcinoma
Adenocarcinoma Philip T. Cagle Keith M. Kerr Adenocarcinomas are defined as carcinomas with gland formation and/or mucin production. Adenocarcinomas are the most frequently occurring cell type of pulmonary carcinoma in…
Proposed Revisions to the Classification of Adenocarcinoma 5
Proposed Revisions to the Classification of Adenocarcinoma 5 Philip T. Cagle Keith M. Kerr The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) in collaboration with the American Thoracic…
Clinicopathologic Overview of Lung Cancer
Clinicopathologic Overview of Lung Cancer Philip T. Cagle TRADITIONAL HISTOLOGIC CELL TYPES Histologic classification and tumor stage are critical to the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and pathologists have…
Epidemiology and Demographics of Lung Cancer
Epidemiology and Demographics of Lung Cancer Philip T. Cagle Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States,1 Europe,2 and worldwide.3 In 2002, worldwide an estimated…
