Research explores lung cancer among pediatric cancer patients

Because primary lung adenocarcinoma is exceedingly rare in the pediatric population, it is difficult to properly classify certain lung tumors in children and adolescents. Through an assessment of clinical, tissue-based and molecular data for pediatric lung cancer, researchers have determined that pulmonary lesions found in young patients with pediatric cancers can be histologically indistinguishable from lung adenocarcinoma seen in adults.

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