Carcinoid / Well Differentiated Endocrine Neoplasm of the Ileum, Distal Jejunum and Cecum
Clinical
- Five year survival
- No liver metastases at presentation 65%
- Liver metastases at presentation 35%
- Deaths due to disease continue to occur beyond 5 years
- Carcinoid syndrome is usually present only if the liver is involved by metastases
- 15% of patients also have a non-endocrine neoplasm, usually gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma
- Less frequently associated with MEN-1 than are gastric and duodenal endocrine neoplasms
- Patients with multiple jejuno-ileal carcinoids have a decreased survival
