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carcinoid a small, yellow tumor that may develop from argentaffin cells in the gastrointestinal mucosa and spread widely throughout the body. See also: Cancer
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Carcinoids are often classified as typical (well-differentiated) and atypical (moderately differentiated). In general, surgery is the mainstay of treatment for all of these rare types of tumors, except for gastric carcinoids which usually require no treatment. Carcinoid tumors, or carcinoids, originate in hormone-producing cells of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the respiratory tract, the hepatobiliary (liver) system and the reproductive glands. |
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