Metastatic Type 1 Gastric Carcinoid - A Real Threat or Just a Myth?

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Introduction: Metastatic GCA1 are extremely rare and there is no data about their natural history, treatment and prognosis.

Aim(s): To describe disease characteristics and treatment modalities in a group of rare patients with metastatic gastric carcinoids type 1 (GCA1).

Materials and methods: Information on clinical, biochemical, radiological, histopathological findings, the extent of the disease, as well as the use of different therapeutic modalities and the long-term outcome were recorded.

Conference: 11th Annual ENETSConcerence (2014)

Presenting Author: Glasberg S

Authors: Glasberg S, Thomas D, Strosberg J, Pape U, Felder S,

Keywords: metastatic gastric carcinoids, gastrin, chromogranin A, somatostatin analogues,