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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1807
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited Commentary

Uliano Morandi, MD, Christian Casali, MD

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy

(Email: morandi.uliano@unimo.it).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

Interest in the treatment of pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC), a relatively uncommon tumor, has been growing among chest physicians in recent years. It is now accepted that this high-grade neuroendocrine tumor is associated with a poor prognosis after surgical resection, even in the early stages, with survival results significantly worse than stage-comparable conventional non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Some evidence supports the hypothesis of a similarity between LCNEC and small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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