Patient characteristics in metastatic neuroendocrine tumors of gastric origin

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Introduction: Gastric neuroendocrine tumors are also termed gastric carcinoids (GC) and are generally divided in to 3 types. Type 1 are associated with atrophic gastritis and pernicious anaemia, they tend to be multifocal and said not to metastasise. Type 2 GCs are driven by a gastrinomas and tend to be multifocal also. Type 3 are said to be random, solitary, and have a high risk of metastasising.

Aim(s): To review the characteristics of GCs with metastases.

Materials and methods: The department’s NET database was interrogated and 77 GC patients were identified. Of these, 9 patients had metastatic disease. Patient characteristics were searched to see if they were likely to be type 3 GCs.

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Authors: Vickrage S, Humphries S, Coldham C, Shah T,

Keywords: gastric NET, gastric carcinoid, type 1 gastric carcinoid, type 3 gastric carcinoid,