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What is Carcinoid Tumor?

A rare and slow-growing form of cancer, carcinoid tumors may develop anywhere in the body where neuroendocrine (hormone-producing) cells exist. Roughly 50% of such tumors form in the gastrointestinal tract, and about 30% occur in the lungs. Only a very small percentage of the estimated 11,000 cases diagnosed...