Carcinoid tumors can be cancerous or noncancerous. They can become malignant (cancerous) and metastasize over time. When this happens, the cancer typically spreads first to nearby lymph nodes and ...

The histologic architecture was identical with that of the tumor in the corresponding lobe previously resected (Fig. 1 b). The "malignant carcinoid syndrome" in this patient was definitely ...

(The word “carcinoma” is used only for malignant tumors. It confusingly sounds a lot like “carcinoid.”) In the case of malignant carcinoid, the tumor spreads usually first to the liver ...

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.

There were no other areas of isotope accumulation suggesting metastases. These findings are consistent with a midgut carcinoid tumor of the small intestine. Characteristics of carcinoid tumors ...

Doctors are becoming better at diagnosing metastatic carcinoid tumors (MCTs). However, the varied symptoms of an MCT can sometimes lead to misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment, until a carcinoid ...

When cancer spreads from a primary tumor to new sites throughout the body, it undergoes changes that increase its genetic ...

Most recently, Mullen and colleagues [9] studied the 48-month survival rate of 24 patients with duodenal carcinoid tumors and categorized them by size, depth, and lymph node metastases.

As unsettling as it was, a liver biopsy confirmed the truth – Christina had a type of cancer called metastatic carcinoid. Neuroendocrine tumors (NET), also known as carcinoid cancer, are a ...

Carcinoid tumors are thought to arise from neuroendocrine ... Five bronchopulmonary and seven metastatic carcinoids were also examined, for comparison with gastrointestinal carcinoids.

In summary, present experience with adequate antitumor chemotherapy in 15 patients suggests that malignant carcinoid tumor is sensitive to 5-FU and alkylating agents. One patient responded to both ...