Carcinoid tumors are part of a heterogeneous group of gastrointestinal and pancreatic endocrine tumors that are characterized by their capacity to produce and secrete hormones, 5-hydroxytryptamine ...

Carcinoid tumors are considered “cancer in slow motion,” as many progress very slowly. If you have a carcinoid tumor, you may have it for years without knowing it. Sometimes, carcinoid cancers ...

He subsequently developed dyspnea on exertion. Diagnosis. Carcinoid tumor of midgut origin with large segment 3 liver metastasis. Carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid heart disease. Management.

A doctor has issued a warning about a common cancer symptom that often gets "overlooked" by a lot of people. He said it's something everyone should keep an eye on ...

A phase III study of combination therapy with everolimus plus lanreotide versus everolimus monotherapy for unresectable or recurrent gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (JCOG1901, STARTER-NET) ...

lung NETs - these are typical carcinoid and atypical carcinoid lung NECs - these are small cell and large cell lung NEC A specialist doctor (pathologist) looks at the cancer cells under a microscope.

But the term NEN means the same thing as neuroendocrine cancer. There are 2 key groups of NENs ... You might hear some doctors or nurses use the term Carcinoid, instead of NET. This is an old term ...

T1 Tumor limited to the pancreas and size <2 cm T2 Tumor limited to the pancreas and size 2–4 cm T3 Tumor limited to the pancreas and size >4 cm or invading duodenum or bile duct T4 Tumor ...

Give by SC inj into abdomen, front of middle thighs, or deltoids. Rotate inj sites. Carcinoid tumors: 100–600mcg daily in 2–4 divided doses for the 1 st 2 weeks; usual maintenance: 450mcg/day ...