ea0060p28 | (1) | UKINETS2018
Williams Christopher
, Madhan Mohan Annet
, Seligman Jenny
, Anthoney Alan
The prevalence of bronchial carcinoid, both typical (TC) and atypical (AC), has increased significantly over the past 30 years, most likely as a consequence of better awareness and diagnostic tools e.g. carcinoid specific immunohistochemistry stains. The peak incidence of TC and AC are in the fourth and fifth decades of life respectively. Diagnosis at younger ages is much rarer although carcinoid represents one of the commonest pulmonary tumours in children, teenagers and youn...