Carcinoid tumors of the foregut and hindgut are usually biologically inactive. Clinical features vary with the location of the tumor, the products secreted and the presence of liver metastases.

Carcinoid tumors and pancreatic NETs should be examined separately in clinical trials. ... Guidelines for the management of patients with liver and other distant metastases from neuroendocrine ...

Thymic neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumors are a rare neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum. The tumors frequently exhibit a wide spectrum of histology and appear to follow a more aggressive behavior ...

Furthermore, a similar association of hyperfunctioning endocrine tumors has been noted with bronchial carcinoid tumors, 13 also derived from the primitive foregut. As more cases of this kind are ...

Foregut, midgut and hindgut carcinoid tumors share many features, although they each appear to have some distinguishing characteristics, particularly in regards to endocrine properties, ...

Freshly isolated midgut carcinoid cells (M3livmet, M4livmet and M4mesmet) express high levels of SSTR 2 with approximately 5-fold higher expression than foregut carcinoid cells (F1livmet and ...

A new white paper by the American Foregut Society (AFS) summarizes the published outcome data for Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication 2.0 (TIF 2.0) and Concomitant Transoral Incisionless ...

Khoury T, Rivera L. Foregut duplication cysts: A report of two cases with emphasis on embryogenesis. World Journal of Gastroenterology , 2011; 17 (1): 130 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i1.130 Cite This Page : ...

A new white paper by the American Foregut Society recommends expanding the classification of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) to increase an assessment of the axial hiatal hernia length, hiatal ...