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Types Of Carcinoid Tumors

 

Here are the areas of the body where carcinoid tumors are usually found:

  • Small intestine
  • Appendix
  • Rectum
  • Lungs
  • Colon
  • Stomach
  • Pancreas
  • Liver

Carcinoid tumors behave differently depending on how quickly they grow, if they spread to other areas of your body, and if they make too much hormone. Types of carcinoid tumors include:

  • Slow-growing tumors. These tumors are the most common type. They usually remain small, under about an inch wide. They don’t grow quickly or spread to other areas of the body.
  • Faster-growing tumors. These tumors may grow more rapidly, grow larger, and spread.
  • Hormone-secreting tumors. These functioning carcinoid tumors produce hormones including serotonin. The effect of serotonin and other hormones causes the symptoms known as carcinoid syndrome.

Updated:: 15/11/2021 []

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