Performance of capsule endoscopy for the detection of small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors in familial carcinoid: a prospective single-site study
Small-bowel neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are slow growing, clinically silent tumors whose prognosis depends on disease stage. Members of kindreds with a familial form of small intestinal NETs (SI-NETs) represent a high-risk population for whom early detection improves disease outcome. Our aim was to determine the utility of small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SB-CE) for screening high-risk asymptomatic relatives from kindreds with familial carcinoid.
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Derek Tang, Ramona Lim, Louis Korman, Joanne Forbes, Kristen Ellsbury, Sungyoung Auh, Apurva Trivedi, Clara C. Chen, Marybeth Hughes, Stephen Wank Tags: Original article Source Type: research
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