Small cell lung cancer is a type of neuroendocrine tumor (NET). Learn more about the different NETs, including how risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment differ.

Foregut (lung, stomach, or pancreas) Midgut (small intestine) Hindgut (large intestine and rectum) Doctors also classify these tumors by how well the cells are organized: well-differentiated and ...

PURPOSEHigh-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma (HGNEC) of the lung is an aggressive cancer with a complex biology. ... We retrospectively enrolled 191 patients with histologically confirmed HGNEC of the ...

Primary lung neuroendocrine tumors are very rare tumors that represent about 1-2% of all lung cancer cases. Only 2,000 to 4,500 are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. The common treatment for early ...

Kunz PL, Benson A, Bodei L, et al. The phase 3 NETTER-1 study of 177LuDOTATATE in patients with midgut neuroendocrine tumors: Updated progression-free survival analyses. NANETS—North American ...

Lung, kidney, and neuroendocrine tumor cancer studies led by Dana-Farber presented at ESMO Congress 2023. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Meeting ESMO 23. Keywords ...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute conducted one of the first-ever analyses of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) at single cell resolution, unlocking new insights ...

Neuroendocrine tumor surgery—Some people benefit from surgically removing all or part of a neuroendocrine tumor. Surgery may also help control symptoms and delay the need to take medication. Liver ...

Vergent Bioscience Presents Phase 2B VISUALIZE Results Demonstrating Abenacianine for Injection (VGT-309) with Intraoperative Molecular Imaging Improved Tumor Visualization During Lung Surgery Share ...

In the cohort of 203 patients with extrapancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, the median progression-free survival with cabozantinib was 8.4 months, as compared with 3.9 months with placebo ...