carcinoid tumor
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A carcinoid (also carcinoid tumor) is a slow-growing type of neuroendocrine tumor originating in the cells of the neuroendocrine system. In some cases, metastasis may occur. Carcinoid tumors of the midgut (jejunum, ileum, appendix, and cecum) are associated with carcinoid syndrome.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Carcinoid
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- Multiple Carcinoid Tumors of the Small Bowel 2.jpg
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- Picture of a carcinoid tumor (center of image) that encroaches into the lumen of the small bowel (pathology specimen). The prominent folds are plicae circulares, a characteristic of the small bowel.
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- Oncology
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Health references
- ICD-10
- E34.00 — Carcinoid syndrome, unspecified
- MedlinePlus
- Consumer health page →
Research
17,134 papers- Carcinoid tumour.Lancet (London, England) · 1998
- [Prevention of carcinoid tumor crisis].Orvosi hetilap · 1992
- Carcinoid tumour.Lancet (London, England) · 1998
- Carcinoid tumour.Lancet (London, England) · 1998
- [Bronchial carcinoid tumor].Ugeskrift for laeger · 1989
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Clinical Trials
235 registered- PHASE1/PHASE2TERMINATEDGA-68 DOTA-TOC of Somatostatin Positive MalignanciesUniversity of California, San Francisco · NCT02177773
- PHASE1/PHASE2UNKNOWNSafety and Tolerability Profile of RAD001 Daily in Chinese Patients With Advanced Pulmonary Neuroendocrine TumorGuangdong Provincial People's Hospital · NCT01175096
- COMPLETEDStudy of Symptoms Caused by Cancer and Cancer Therapy in Patients With Invasive Breast, Lung, Prostate, or Colorectal CancerEastern Cooperative Oncology Group · NCT00303914
- COMPLETEDStudying DNA in Tissue Samples From Caucasian and African-American Cancer Patients Who Received Docetaxel on Clinical Trial CLB-9871Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology · NCT01015963
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGDOTATOC PET/CT for Imaging NET PatientsBritish Columbia Cancer Agency · NCT03583528
- COMPLETEDA Two-decade Mortality Risk Analysis of Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Neoplasms: an Updated SEER-based Study 2000-2022Suez Canal University · NCT07317713
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disease
- Subclass of
- adenocarcinoma
- Image
- Atypical carcinoid tumor of lung metastatic to the adrenal gland Case 255 (8268009504).jpg
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- health specialty
- endocrinology
- Commons category
- Carcinoid tumors
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C2915
- ICD-9-CM
- 209.60
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- octreotide
- exact match
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Gastrointestinal
- Lung
- Other sites and metastases
- Goblet cell carcinoid
- Cause
- Treatment
- History
- Other organisms
- See also
- References
- External links
A carcinoid (also carcinoid tumor) is a slow-growing type of neuroendocrine tumor originating in the cells of the neuroendocrine system. In some cases, metastasis may occur. Carcinoid tumors of the midgut (jejunum, ileum, appendix, and cecum) are associated with carcinoid syndrome.
Sometimes, carcinoids cause paraneoplastic syndromes, which involve discharge of serotonin and other vasoactive substances from well-differentiated carcinoids. A neuroendocrine paraneoplastic syndrome involves neoplastic secretion of functional peptides, hormones, cytokines, growth factors, and/or immune cross-reactivity between tumor tissues and normal host tissues, resulting in a syndrome of clinical signs and symptoms.
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