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Metastatic Carcinoid Tumor

A carcinoid tumor that has extended beyond its original site of growth to other anatomic sites.
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Endocrine systemEpithelial CellsEpitheliumNeoplastic Cell

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1999
1999
Long-term palliation in metastatic carcinoid tumours with various applications of meta-iodobenzylguanidin (MIBG): pharmacological MIBG, 131I-labelled MIBG and the combination.
Carcinoid tumours are rare, but well known for their characteristic presentation with diarrhoea and flushes due to overproduction… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
False-negative fluorine-18-FDG PET in metastatic carcinoid.
Carcinoid tumors have high numbers of somatostatin receptors that allow scintigraphic imaging with the radiolabeled somatostatin… 
1992
1992
A scintigraphic comparison of iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine and an iodine-labeled somatostatin analog (Tyr-3-octreotide) in metastatic carcinoid tumors.
A number of neoplasms are known to express somatostatin receptors, and the use of somatostatin receptor imaging in their… 
1991
1991
Early invasiveness characterizes metastatic carcinoid tumors in transgenic mice.
The conversion of a normal cell into a metastatic tumor is thought to occur in a stepwise progression of genetic changes that… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Surgical treatment of functioning metastatic carcinoid tumors.
Thirteen patients with functioning carcinoid syndrome and hepatic metastases were surgically treated. Localized hepatic… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Chemotherapy for metastatic carcinoid tumors: experiences with 32 patients and a review of the literature.
An analysis of results of chemotherapy in 32 patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors was carried out. The most frequently used… 
1977
1977
99mTc-pyrophosphate bone scans in patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors.
Three patients with foregut (bronchial), hindgut (rectal) or (ovarian) carcinoid tumors had symptomatic bone metastasis with… 
1972
1972
Streptozotocin Treatment of Metastatic Carcinoid Tumors
This report is the first of the use of streptozotocin with apparent success in the treatment of carcinoid. This antibiotic having… 
1959
1959
DEVELOPMENT OF VALVULAR LESIONS IN METASTATIC CARCINOID DISEASE
In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in the so-called carcinoid syndrome. This syndrome has been observed in… 
1958
1958
Excessive Urinary 5‐Hydroxy‐3‐Indole Acetic Acid in the Absence of a Metastatic Carcinoid
Considerable interest has been aroused in the dianosis of the malignant carcinoid syndrome and the diagnostic reliability of… 
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