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Site distribution of gastrointestinal carcinoids differs between races
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We read with great interest the guideline for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine (including carcinoid) tumours by Ramage et al (Gut 2005;54(suppl 4):iv1–16). In these excellent guidelines, they reported that the appendix is the most frequent site of gastrointestinal primary endocrine tumours (35% of the total number of tumours) while colon and rectal carcinoids comprise only 7% and 10%, respectively. One important aspect not mentioned however was the fact that …
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