Summary of published series reporting resected lung carcinoid tumours, and incidence of lung carcinoid related Cushing's syndrome in UK and Ireland
| Reference | No of lung carcinoid tumours | Cushing's syndrome |
| Foster-Carter (1941)17 | 22 | Nil |
| Price-Thomas (1954)18 | 41 | Nil |
| Abbey Smith (1969)19 | 22 | Nil |
| Lawson et al (1976)20 | 67 | Nil |
| Cooneyet al (1979)21 | 22 | Nil |
| Hurt and Bates (1984)22 | 79 | Nil |
| Hasletonet al (1986)23 | 35 | Nil |
| This series | 90 | 3 |
| Total | 288 | 3 |