Background: Adenosquamous carcinoma (ADS) lung is rare subtype of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that compromises 0.4-4% of all lung cancers and is thought to carry a worse prognosis than ...

Conclusions: Early stage adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung is associated with worse overall survival compared to its individual histologic components of adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma.

There are two main types of lung cancer: non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Several subtypes exist within these categories, and there are a few other, relatively ...