Lung tumor
Lung tumors are tumors that grow in the lungs. Some of the tumors are cancer. Some tumors are benign, or non-cancerous. There are many types of lung cancer. Some types are common and some are rare. Lung tumors can be cancer that has spread to the lungs coming from a different part of the body. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer overall, the most common cancer in men and second most in women.[1]
Some lung tumors are:
- Bronchial leiomyoma, a rare, benign tumor
- Lung cancer, the term commonly used to refer to carcinoma of the lung
- Pulmonary carcinoid tumor
- Pleuropulmonary blastoma
- Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung[2]
- Lymphomas of the lung.[3]
- Sarcomas of the lung.[4]
- Mediastinal tumors
- Pleural tumors
- Cancer in the lungs from other places in the body (metastasis or secondary tumors/neoplasms)
References
- ↑ Lung cancer statistics | World Cancer Research Fund International (in en-US). WCRF International. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ↑ Ali, Kamran. Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung (in en-GB). Dr Kamran Ali (2023-01-24). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ Unusual primary lung tumors: a radiologic-pathologic overview. Radiographics 22 (3) (2002). p. 601–19. doi:10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma25601.
- ↑ Primary thoracic sarcomas. Radiographics 22 (3) (2002). p. 621–37. doi:10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma17621.