Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and colon cancer are conditions that affect the colon, ...

A new report by FutureWise Research highlights a powerful trend in modern medicine: as awareness and innovation rise, hope ...

The usual carcinoid is seen at autopsy as a small ... is occasionally seen and is the usual way that such tumors cause intestinal obstruction. Intussusception was caused by benign lesions in ...

The COX-1 staining was very similar in normal gastric, and small and large intestinal tissues ... and COX-2 in either normal GI tissues or carcinoid tumors. COX-1 and -2 Expressions in GI ...

Clinical Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center and Director of the Program in Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. "It was encouraging to see that ...

Carcinoid tumors are thought to arise from neuroendocrine cells and originate mainly in the gastrointestinal tract. Cyclo-oxygenase-2 is reportedly expressed in neuroendocrine cells of normal ...

Atypical carcinoid tumors are rare cancers that originate most commonly in the gastrointestinal tract or lungs and can spread to other parts of the body. When these tumors spread to the brain ...

Clinical Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center and Director of the Program in Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. "I’m encouraged by these final results ...

It's not just lung cancer you have to worry about, though. Some studies suggest that smoking increases the risk for carcinoid tumors of the small intestine.

Most carcinoid tumors start in one of two areas: your lungs or your digestive system, also known as the GI tract. That includes places like your stomach, small intestine, colon, appendix ...

This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not include a full text component.

The midgut includes the appendix, small intestine, cecum ... is a condition that can occur if a person has a tumor called a NET. Carcinoid syndrome develops as a result of the NET releasing ...