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==Overview== | |||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
Carcinoid syndrome is quite rare with a disease prevalence of 15 cases per 1,000,000 people. Carcinoid tumors account for 75% of all gastrointestinal endocrine tumors. | *Carcinoid syndrome is quite rare with a disease prevalence of 15 cases per 1,000,000 people. | ||
*The age-adjusted incidence of carcinoid tumors worldwide is approximately 2 per 100,000 persons. | |||
*The average age at diagnosis is 61.4 years. | |||
*Carcinoid tumors represent about 0.5% of all newly diagnosed malignancies. | |||
*Carcinoid tumors account for 75% of all gastrointestinal endocrine tumors. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
- Carcinoid syndrome is quite rare with a disease prevalence of 15 cases per 1,000,000 people.
- The age-adjusted incidence of carcinoid tumors worldwide is approximately 2 per 100,000 persons.
- The average age at diagnosis is 61.4 years.
- Carcinoid tumors represent about 0.5% of all newly diagnosed malignancies.
- Carcinoid tumors account for 75% of all gastrointestinal endocrine tumors.
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