Once you fully cure from lung carcinoid tumor, there may be a chance that it comes back and this comeback of carcinoid tumor is called recurrence. It’s very rear that after treatment…
Palliative Procedures for Lung Carcinoid Tumor Symptoms
Treatments like Palliative Procedures are only done when lung cancer patient can’t have surgery; this is because patient’s lungs functioning is reduced, or have other serious medical problems, or cancer spread too…
Treatments For Lung Carcinoid Tumor
As described on my previous posts about Lung Carcinoid Tumor symptoms, types and tests for diagnoses, now this post I am going to discuss its treatments and their effect. Lung Carcinoid Tumor…
Other Tests for Lung Carcinoid Tumor
1. Sputum Cytology: Imaging scan shows a detail and exact position about tumor but even then it is hard for doctors to tell it’s a carcinoid lung cancer or other kind of…
Biopsies for Lung Carcinoid Tumor
This test is done for finding the exact type of lung cancer. Biopsies are the process of taking small amount of cells from tumor and examine them under microscope. Follow are the…
Imaging Tests for Lung Carcinoid Tumor
In imaging tests x-rays, radioactive particles, or other means are used by which picture of inner body is created. This test is performed for examining the suspected area of lung might be…
Tests For Lung Carcinoid Tumor
As you read about Lung Carcinoid Tumor in previous post – in this post you read about this third type of tumor – a very rear type of lung cancer, also you…
Lung Carcinoid Tumor
Lung Carcinoid Tumor also called lung neuroendocrine tumors because it is made up of neuroendocrine cells; is a slow-growing uncommon tumor and less than 5% lung cancer patients are affected from this….