Esophageal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]-Changes to This Summary (1
Esophageal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]-Changes to This Summary (10 / 17 / 2014)
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General Information About Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors
EpidemiologyThe age-adjusted incidence of carcinoid tumors worldwide is approximately 2 per 100,000 persons.[1,2] The average age at diagnosis is 61.4 years.[3] Carcinoid tumors represent about 0.5% of all newly diagnosed malignancies.[2,3] AnatomyCarcinoid tumors are rare, slow-growing tumors that originate in cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. They occur most frequently in tissues derived from the embryonic gut. Foregut tumors, which account for up to 25% of cases, arise...
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General Information About Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors
EpidemiologyThe age-adjusted incidence of carcinoid tumors worldwide is approximately 2 per 100,000 persons.[1,2] The average age at diagnosis is 61.4 years.[3] Carcinoid tumors represent about 0.5% of all newly diagnosed malignancies.[2,3] AnatomyCarcinoid tumors are rare, slow-growing tumors that originate in cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. They occur most frequently in tissues derived from the embryonic gut. Foregut tumors, which account for up to 25% of cases, arise...
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