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1. Lung Carcinoid Tumor
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2. Lung Carcinoid
• Lung carcinoid tumors are a type of lung cancer, which is a
cancer that starts in the lungs. Cancer starts when cells begin
to grow out of control.
• Lung carcinoid tumors
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tumours-cancer.html)are uncommon and tend to grow slower
than other types of lung cancers.
• They are made up of special kinds of cells called
neuroendocrine cells.

4. Types of Carcinoid tumors
• The other 2 types of lung neuroendocrine tumors are carcinoids.
• One is Typical and other one is atypical carcinoid tumors look
different under the microscope.
• Typical carcinoids tend to grow slowly and only rarely spread
beyond the lungs. About 9 out of 10 lung carcinoids are typical
carcinoids.
• Atypical carcinoids grow a little faster and are somewhat more likely
to spread to other organs. They have more cells in the process of
dividing and look more like a fast-growing tumor.

6. Central Carcinoids
• Central carcinoids form in the walls of large airways (bronchi) near
the center of the lungs.
• Most lung carcinoid tumors are central carcinoids, and nearly all of
these are also typical carcinoids.
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8. Peripheral carcinoids
• Peripheral carcinoids develop in the smaller airways (bronchioles)
toward the outer edges of the lungs.
• These are more likely than central carcinoids to be atypical,
although most peripheral carcinoids are still typical carcinoids.

10. Causes
• Unlike other types of lung cancer, lung carcinoid tumor is not
strongly linked to tobacco use but this also one of the reason to
cause cancer.
• It also causes depend on age and environmental pollution effects.
• Family history also one of the reason to cause cancer

12. Lung Carcinoid Tumor Treatment
• Based on these factors, the main treatment options for folks with
lung carcinoid tumors can include:
• Surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Other drug treatments
• Radiation therapy
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13. Resectable & Unresectable tumors
• Resectable tumors:
These tumors can be treated with surgery
• Unresectable tumors:
These tumors can’t be removed completely