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The incidence of carcinoid syndrome is estimated to be 2 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.<ref name=incidence>Epidemiology of carcinoid tumor. National cancer institute. http://www.cancer.gov/types/gi-carcinoid-tumors/hp/gi-carcinoid-treatment-pdq</ref> | |||
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*The median age at diagnosis is 61.4 years. | |||
*Carcinoid tumors represent about 0.5% of all newly diagnosed malignancies. | *Carcinoid tumors represent about 0.5% of all newly diagnosed malignancies. | ||
*Carcinoid tumors account for 75% of all gastrointestinal [[endocrine tumors]]. | *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
The prevalence of carcinoid syndrome is approximately 1.5 per 100,000 individuals worldwide. The incidence of carcinoid syndrome is approximately 15 per 100,000 individuals worldwide. The median age at diagnosis is 61.4 years.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
The incidence of carcinoid syndrome is estimated to be 2 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[1]
- The median 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.
- Ovarian carcinoid tumors account for 0.3% of all ovarian tumours and 0.5% of carcinoid tumours.[2]
- Ovarian carcinoid tumors are commonly seen in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.
- Primary hepatic carcinoid is an extremely rare type of carcinoid tumor, with somewhere between 60-90 cases reported in the literature.[3]
- Thymic carcinoid tumors are more predominant in males, with the male to female ratio around 3:1.[4]
References
- ↑ Epidemiology of carcinoid tumor. National cancer institute. http://www.cancer.gov/types/gi-carcinoid-tumors/hp/gi-carcinoid-treatment-pdq
- ↑ Ovarian carcinoid tumours . Radiopaedia (date). http://radiopaedia.org/articles/ovarian-carcinoid-tumours Accessed on September 24, 2015
- ↑ Hepatic carcinoid . Radiopaedia (date). http://radiopaedia.org/articles/hepatic-carcinoid Accessed on September 24, 2015
- ↑ Thymic carcinoid tumour . Radiopaedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/thymic-carcinoid-tumour Accessed on September 24, 2015