Carcinoid tumors often take years to develop, so the disease is called " cancer in slow motion ."
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Values greater than 25 mg per 24 hours ( higher if the patient has malabsorption ) are strong evidence for carcinoid.
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In malignant carcinoid tumors with carcinoid syndrome, the median survival has improved from two years to more than eight years.
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In malignant carcinoid tumors with carcinoid syndrome, the median survival has improved from two years to more than eight years.
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Rare other causes include carcinoid syndrome, endocarditis, endomyocardial fibrosis, lupus erythematosus, right atrial myxoma and congenital tricuspid atresia.
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In a study of 12 sporadic carcinoid tumors of the lung, five cases involved inactivation of both copies of the MEN1 gene.
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House diagnoses Morgan with a carcinoid tumor of the appendix, interrupting the brain surgery she was about to undergo at the time.
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The Foundation was founded in 2004 by Nancy Lindholm ( formerly Nancy O'Hagan ), who is herself a carcinoid patient.
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Glatt was diagnosed with carcinoid tumors in his spine, which is rare because such growths usually are found in the stomach or esophagus.
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AVPR1B is expressed at high levels in ACTH-secreting pituitary adenomas as well as in bronchial carcinoids responsible for the ectopic ACTH syndrome.
