the following tumors can occur in your lungs: Lung carcinoid tumors: Lung carcinoid tumors originate in neuroendocrine cells, a special type of lung cell. Most of these rare tumors grow slowly.

A new study has found that lung cancer tumors 'feed' off sugar and shed light on the link between diet and the disease.

Lung cancer is the primary etiology of malignant nodules and is the most common cause of cancer-related death in both sexes. There has not been much progress in the overall 5-year survival rates ...

Carcinoid tumors are part of a heterogeneous group of ... In the absence of a right-to-left shunt, such substances are inactivated in the lung, thus, left-sided heart damage is uncommon (when ...

It invested in a robotic, noninvasive technology for biopsies of hard-to-reach lesions in the lungs and to remove suspected ...

Neuroendocrine tumors that start in the pancreas tend to be more aggressive and have a poor prognosis.

This significant leap is attributed to rising incidences of carcinoid tumors, especially in the lungs and gastrointestinal tract, matched with an increase in the development and utilization of ...

Lung auscultation revealed a reduction in ... Patients with pulmonary carcinoid tumors can be asymptomatic even if they have metastatic disease. If symptomatic, symptoms can be related to the ...

Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) for the treatment of 1) adult and pediatric patients 12 years of ...

The study was led by Jennifer Chan, MD, MPH, clinical director of the gastrointestinal cancer center and director of the program in carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.