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Contents 1 Markers 2 carcinoid syndrome 3 Markers 4 please check Neuroendocrine Tumor article 5 Most common site of incidence of carcinoids is not the appendix! 6 Serotonin Synthesis of Carcinoid

[edit] Markers

This page is a bit of a stump. Can someone competent expand on it? Maybe a section about tumour markers and diagnostic? Mortality and impact on life quality? --Jan

[edit] carcinoid syndrome

Larry Kvols MD of Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, in "Carcinoid Tumors and the Carcinoid Syndrome: What's New in the Therapeutic Pipeline", presented at the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation's Carcinoid Symposium 2002, stresses flushing, diarrhea, CHF, and asthma as the four critical characteristics of carcinoid syndrome.

TH 06:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Markers

There's a list of markers, and a discussion of diagnosis, at neuroendocrine tumor.

TH 01:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] please check Neuroendocrine Tumor article

See the neuroendocrine tumors discussion page for statistical citations.

I invite all interested parties to edit or criticize neuroendocrine tumors. Citations are on its discussion page.

TH 02:17, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Most common site of incidence of carcinoids is not the appendix!

As per the PAN-SEER data, the most common site for carcinoids is the foregut; bronchial carcinoids constituting the most common ones! Midgut is second in line with ileum constituting the second most prevalent site. And hindgut with rectum alone constitutes 13.6% cases. The appendix constitutes only 4.8% of all cases!

I have made the necessary corrections for this is evident in even the latest textbooks of medicine! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.87.106 (talk) 23:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Serotonin Synthesis of Carcinoid

Serotonin is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan. Tryptophan is also used to synthesize niacin. In carcinoid, a larger percentage of the tryptophan is converted to serotonin. This can lead to a niacin deficiency leading to the development of pellagrous symptoms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.33.56.0 (talk) 02:12, 28 February 2008 (UTC)