Rectal Carcinoid / Well Differentiated Endocrine Neoplasm
Clinical
- Five year survival for rectal carcinoid depends upon extent at presentation
- Localized at presentation 81%
- Regional spread at presentation 47%
- Liver metastases at presentation 18%
- Deaths due to disease continue to occur beyond 5 years
- Carcinoid syndrome is rare even if the liver is involved by metastases
- 13% of patients also have a non-endocrine neoplasm, usually gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma
