Do you treat atypical carcinoid of the lung with N2 or N3 nodal involvement with definitive concurrent chemoradiation?

I agree that these are very difficult cases due to the lack of data for either radiation or chemotherapy responsiveness in bronchopulmonary NETs.

When possible we try to offer surgery. For patients with resectable N2 disease, I would recommend surgery and then consider adjuvant chemotherapy for atyp...

• Intermediate-grade (atypical) bronchial carcinoid is different from NSCLC or SCLC and we shouldn't follow the same treatment algorithm. There are significant biological differences and responses to treatment between these diseases.
• Although atypical carcinoid with N2/N3 disease has a higher rate of...