article_snippet: Mr Robinson had been diagnosed with a rare bronchial carcinoid tumour.
article_snippet: Bronchial carcinoid tumours are different from 'normal' lung cancer, which forms among the cells that line the lung.
article_snippet: Carcinoid tumours are actually cancers of tissues that produce hormones and send messages, called the neuroendocrine system.
article_snippet: Carcinoid tumours can occur in numerous organs.
article_snippet: Dr Keith Prowse, medical adviser to the British Lung Foundation, said while bronchial carcinoid tumours were malignant, Dr Keith Prowse, medical adviser to the British Lung Foundation tended to be less aggressive than other forms.
article_snippet: It's often possible to remove bronchial carcinoid tumours completely, because bronchial carcinoid tumours tend to grow inside the air passage rather than into the lung.'
article_snippet: Most people with bronchial carcinoid tumours are diagnosed after the age of 60, although Most people with bronchial carcinoid tumours can have existed for years without any symptoms.
highlights_snippet: Political editor had been diagnosed with a rare bronchial carcinoid tumour .
  