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Minute ampullary carcinoid tumor with lymph node metastases: a case report and review of literature

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2009
Background Carcinoid tumors are usually considered to have a low degree of malignancy and show slow progression. One of the factors indicating the malignancy of these tumors is their size, and small ampullary carcinoid tumors have been sometimes treated ...
Sakano Shigeru, Okutani Toshio, Ashida Cho, Higashida Akihiro, Ohnishi Katsuhiro, Fujimoto Koji, Senda Eri, Yamamoto Masayuki, Ito Rieko, Yamada Hajime   +9 more
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FGFR2 amplification in colorectal adenocarcinoma [PDF]

, 2017
FGFR2 is recurrently amplified in 5% of gastric cancers and 1%–4% of breast cancers; however, this molecular alteration has never been reported in a primary colorectal cancer specimen.
Carter, Jamal H, Cottrell, Catherine E, Duncavage, Eric J, Heusel, Jonathan W, Lamp, Stephen, McNulty, Samantha N, Vigh-Conrad, Katinka A   +6 more
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Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in patients with carcinoid tumors [PDF]

, 1996
In 80% to 90% of patients with carcinoids, tumor sites can be detected with [111In-DTPA-D-Phe1]-octreotide scintigraphy. Unexpected, additional localizations are reported in one-third to two-thirds of patients.
Krenning, E.P. (Eric), Kwekkeboom, D.J. (Dirk Jan)   +1 more
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A rare case of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 initially presenting as an asymptomatic, huge mediastinal mass: case report

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2021
Background Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a rare inherited syndrome that concurrently involves various endocrine glands. We report a rare case of MEN1 in a 43-year-old man whose first manifestation was an asymptomatic mediastinal mass ...
Ji Eun Jun, You-Cheol Hwang, Kyu Jeong Ahn, Ho Yeon Chung, In-Kyung Jeong   +4 more
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Typical Laryngeal Carcinoid Recurrence and its Management by Conservative Surgery

Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2010
Objective: Recurrence of a typical laryngeal carcinoid is extremely rare after surgery with tumor-free margins on histopathology. We present a rare case of typical laryngeal carcinoid that recurred after eight years and was managed by conservative ...
Syed Majid Hussain, Rauf Ahmad
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Pioglitazone inhibits growth of carcinoid cells and promotes TRAIL-induced apoptosis by induction of p21(waf1/cip1) [PDF]

, 2001
Background/Aims: We investigated the effect of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) agonist pioglitazone on growth and TRAIL-induced apoptosis in carcinoid cells.
Chen, Youhai, El-Deiry, Wafik S., Göke, Alexandra, Göke, Burkhard, Göke, Rüdiger   +4 more
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Rare Case of Neuroendocrine Metastasis to the Left Ventricle

JACC: Case Reports
Carcinoid syndrome is a constellation of signs and symptoms caused by different hormones produced by carcinoid tumors. Very rarely, those tumors can metastasize to the heart and cause cardiac involvement of the tumor. This study presents a very rare case
Said Hajouli, MD, Jacob A. Misenheimer, MD, Amir Kamran, MD, Kerry Drabish, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, Frank H. Annie, PhD, MPA, Fahad F. Bafakih, MD, Yodsui F. Hernandez, MD, Ahmad Elashery, MD   +7 more
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Transanal minimally invasive surgery for rectal lesions [PDF]

, 2016
Background and Objectives: Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) has emerged as an alternative to transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM). The authors report their experience with TAMIS for the treatment of mid and high rectal tumors.
Balla, Andrea, Di Lorenzo, Nicola, Franceschilli, Luana, Iafrate, Corrado, La Torre, Marco, Quaresima, Silvia, Shalaby, Mostafa, Sileri, Pierpaolo   +7 more
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Primary Carcinoid Tumor of the Testis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Urology, 2018
Carcinoid tumors usually arise in the gastrointestinal tract. Immunocytohistochemical and radiologic studies are important in detecting the primary tumor site.
Rawad Abou Zahr, Khalil Chalhoub, Elias Mansour, Camil Chouairy, Georges Ghazal, Joe Nohra   +5 more
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Metabolic Signatures of Lung Cancer in Biofluids: NMR-Based Metabonomics of Blood Plasma [PDF]

, 2011
In this work, the variations in the metabolic profile of blood plasma from lung cancer patients and healthy controls were investigated through NMR-based metabonomics, to assess the potential of this approach for lung cancer screening and diagnosis.
Ana Gomes, Ana M. Gil, António S. Barros, Asiago V. M., Bathe O. F., Bell J. D., Brian J. Goodfellow, Brière J.-J., Carrola J., Cláudia M. Rocha, Daykin C. A., Dong J., Duarte I. F., Duarte I. F., Erol A., Fan T. W. M., Fiorenza A. M., Fiorenza A. M., Freedman D. S., Gao H., Gao H. C., Gu H. W., Haffner H. T., Heber D., Iola F. Duarte, Isabel M. Carreira, Joana Carrola, João Bernardo, Jordan K. W., Keun H. C., Kochhar S., Lai H.-S., Laiakis E. C., Lin L., Lina Carvalho, Liu M., Lokhov P. G., Ludwig C., Ma Y., MacIntyre D. A., Maeda J., Muntoni S., Naini A. B., Norton J. A., Okamoto N., Pirozynski M., Psychogios N., Qiu Y. P., Ritchie S. A., Rocha C. M., Sitter B., Spratlin J. L., Sreekumar A., Stringer K. A., Thysell E., Tiziani S., Travis W. D., Trygg J., Urayama S., Vitor Sousa, Xu Q. S., Xue R., Yin P., Zhang J. A., Zhang Z. Y., Zhou J., Zira A. N.   +66 more
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