On the left, four pathology images from a patient with atypical small cell lung cancer show hallmarks of carcinoid cancer in the lungs (thorax), but signs of classical small cell lung cancer where ...

Doctors call this palliative surgery. Surgery is the main treatment for typical carcinoid (TC) and atypical carcinoid (AC). These are types of lung neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). You might also have ...