Carcinoid tumors are typically cancerous. These slow-growing tumors are often found in the gut or the lungs years after they first develop. They can spread to other parts of the body. Carcinoid tumors ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The American Association for Cancer Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Caring for Carcinoid Foundation-AACR Grants for Carcinoid Tumor and Pancreatic ...

Carcinoid tumors grow from neuroendocrine cells. These cells are found in organs throughout your body and produce and release hormones in response to nerve signals. The most common place for carcinoid ...

Neuroendocrine neoplasms are a diverse group of neoplasms. Although these share certain pathologic features regardless of where they arise, they have largely been studied and classified in an ...

Carcinoid tumors are often described as “quiet cancers.” They grow slowly, may appear in unexpected parts of the body, and can cause subtle or easily overlooked symptoms. Because of this, many ...

Lung carcinoid tumors are rare neuroendocrine tumors, classified as typical or atypical, and grow slower than other lung cancers. Diagnosis involves imaging and biopsy, with treatment tailored to ...

Shubham Pant, MD: The first thing people say when people hear “tumor” is, “Oh my God, I’m going to die, this is a tumor.” But tell me, as a doctor who treats neuroendocrine tumors, there can be ...

(a) Tumor cells are uniform with round to oval nuclei and inconspicuous nucleoli, arranged in a nested/organoid pattern. Other growth patterns include pseudoglandular, trabecular, and follicular with ...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and other neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a group of cancers that originate from neuroendocrine cells, which release hormones into the bloodstream when they receive ...