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Carcinoid Tumor: Treatment Options Appendix. An appendectomy is usually the only treatment needed for a carcinoid tumor smaller than 1.5 cm. For a tumor larger than 2 cm, the removal of about one-third of the colon next to the appendix, along with nearby blood vessels and lymph nodes, is often needed.
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- Anal Cancer Treatment Regimens Gallbladder Carcinoma and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Treatment Regimens Colon Cancer Treatment Regimens Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancer Treatment Regimens
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- Causes of Carcinoid Syndrome. Carcinoid syndrome occurs when you have a carcinoid tumor that is secreting chemicals—such as serotonin—into your bloodstream. The chemicals cause your blood vessels to dilate, or open up. Most carcinoid tumors do not secrete chemicals that cause this condition. If a carcinoid tumor does secrete chemicals, the liver often neutralizes them before they can spread through your body. Typically, carcinoid syndrome is a sign that your cancer has spread to your liver or lungs. According to the National Cancer Institute, 58 to 64 percent of people with carcinoid tumors of the small intestine already have metastatic disease in the lymph nodes or liver. (NCI). The cause of these tumors is unknown. However, carcinoid tumors are most likely to form in your gastrointestinal tract—which includes your appendix, stomach, small intestine, colon, and rectum—or in your lungs.
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You are the focus of personalized pancreatic cancer treatment that brings together the most advanced techniques and technologies and some of the nation's top pancreatic cancer professionals. Get up, show up and never, ever give up. Your personal team of experts, which includes oncologists, surgeons, radiologists, gastroenterologists and a specially trained support staff, communicates closely about your care for pancreatic cancer. As an important part of the care team, you are involved in every decision.
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Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Compassionate Care -- One of Memorial Sloan Kettering's experts in gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors is Monica Girotra, an endocrinologist. Carcinoid tumors are the most common type of neuroendocrine tumor. An estimated 11,000 to 12,000 people are diagnosed with a carcinoid tumor each year in the United States. About two-thirds of all carcinoid tumors appear in the gastrointestinal system, particularly in the small intestine, rectum, stomach, colon, and liver.
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Overview Signs and symptoms of carcinoid tumors in the digestive tract include: Abdominal pain. Diarrhea. Nausea, vomiting and inability to pass stool due to intestinal blockage (bowel obstruction) Rectal bleeding. Rectal pain.
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Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Treatment (PDQÂ®)âPatient Version A carcinoid is a slow-growing type of tumor usually found in the gastrointestinal system (most often in the appendix), and sometimes in the lungs or other sites. Learn about carcinoids and find information on how we support and care for people with carcinoids before, during, and after treatment.
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New Chemotherapy Combination Shows Promise for Patients with Treatment-Resistant Neuroendocrine Tumors Among the 12 patients with carcinoid tumors, 41% had their tumor shrink. This is particularly encouraging since less than 4% of these types of tumors usually respond to chemotherapy.
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What is Appendiceal Cancer? Risk factors for gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors include: a family history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that can cause the parathyroid glands, pituitary gland, and pancreas to produce too many hormones.
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- Patient confidentiality. Definition. Confidentiality is the right of an individual to have personal, identifiable medical information kept private. Such information should be available only to the physician of record and other health care and insurance personnel as necessary. As of 2003, patient confidentiality was protected by federal statute.
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- Chemotherapy drugs. The chemotherapy drug most commonly used to treat ovarian cancer is carboplatin. You have it on its own or in combination with the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel (Taxol). We have more information about the combination of paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy. Sometimes other chemotherapy drugs may be used.
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Treating Melanoma Skin Cancer General treatment information. After liver cancer is diagnosed and staged, your cancer care team will discuss your treatment options with you. Depending on your situation, you may have different types of doctors on your treatment team. These doctors may include: 1  A surgeon: a doctor who treats diseases with surgery.
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- According to the American Cancer Society: 1  There are around 11,000 to 12,000 neuroendocrine tumors and neuroendocrine cancers diagnosed each year in the United States.  The number of carcinoid tumors diagnosed has been increasing for many years.
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- We perform a two-phase treatment for peritoneal surface disease. It includes: Cytoreductive surgery, also called debulking, partially removes tumors that cannot be fully excised. This is done in order to prepare the patient for chemotherapy or radiation.
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Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Treatment (PDQÂ®)âPatient Version Some gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors have no signs or symptoms in the early stages. Carcinoid syndrome may occur if the tumor spreads to the liver or other parts of the body. Imaging studies and tests that examine the blood and urine are used to detect (find) and diagnose gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors. Certain factors affect prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options.
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Kidney Cancer: Treatment Options A doctor who specializes in giving radiation therapy to treat cancer is called a radiation oncologist. Radiation therapy is not effective as a primary treatment for kidney cancer. It is very rarely used alone to treat kidney cancer because of the damage it causes to the healthy kidney.
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- kennedy reminds cdi specialists that patients with carcinoid tumors may have the carcinoid syndrome code 259 2 symptoms include flushing pale purplish or red diarrhea watery and explosive tachycardia or hypotension bronchospasm telangiectasia and right sided heart disease or failure
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Lung Cancer Many carcinoid tumors produce a hormone called serotonin, which can lead to a variety of symptoms known as carcinoid syndrome. One or more of the following symptoms may indicate carcinoid syndrome: 1  facial flushing. 2  diarrhea. 3  abdominal pain (caused by blockage of the intestines). 4  shortness of breath or wheezing. 5  fatigue.
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At MD Anderson's Gastrointestinal Center, we customize your care for liver cancer. This means we treat you as an individual, not a statistic. Targeted therapies to help your body fight liver cancer; A team of experts, including medical, surgical and radiation oncologists, specialized pathologists, as well as a specially trained support staff, collaborate and communicate frequently about your case. For you, this means comprehensive, but focused, care for liver cancer. Experience, Innovation
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Kidney Cancer Treatment Which doctors treat kidney cancer? Doctors on your cancer treatment team might include: A urologist: a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the urinary system (and male reproductive system) A radiation oncologist: a doctor who treats cancer with radiation therapy
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Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Treatment (PDQÂ®)âPatient Version Where the tumor is in the gastrointestinal tract. The size of the tumor. Whether the cancer has spread from the stomach and intestines to other parts of the body, such as the liver or lymph nodes. Whether the patient has carcinoid syndrome or has carcinoid heart syndrome.
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Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid Tumors that have Spread to the Liver Neuroendocrine/carcinoid tumors can be found during examinations for unrelated reasons. Patients may also experience symptoms associated with the disease in their pancreas or small intestine, rather than liver complications. Patients with neuroendocrine/carcinoid tumors can also have specific symptoms characterized as carcinoid syndrome.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma varies by the stage of disease, a person's likelihood to tolerate surgery, and availability of liver transplant: 1  Curative intention: for limited disease, when the cancer is limited to one or more areas of within the liver, surgically removing the malignant cells may be curative.
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what kind of doctor should treat thyroid cancer? An endocrinologist is usually the type physician used to coordinate the care of thyroid cancer. Follicular thyroid cancer involves several different steps and an endocrinologist will be able to guide your treatment program so that at each stage you see the most appropriate consultant. The first step in the treatment of suspected follicular thyroid cancer is a total or near-total thyroidectomy.
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Carcinoid syndrome Carcinoid syndrome occurs in very few people with carcinoid tumors, after the tumor has spread to the liver or lung. These tumors release too much of the hormone serotonin, as well as several other chemicals. The hormones cause the blood vessels to open (dilate). This causes carcinoid syndrome.
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How We Treat Bladder Cancer If you need surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy, you will see experts in each area who deal specifically with bladder cancer. Bladder cancer patients from all across the nation seek treatment at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center.