Neuroendocrine tumors in our department of gastroenterology, 2006 – 2014

Background: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are malignancies arising from neuroendocrine cells located all over the body. Those that produce bioactive agents cause carcinoid syndrome (flush, diarrhea, abdominal pain, heart disease, suffocation, bronchospasm). The incidence of NETs, which were formerly considered rare entities increased fivefold in the past 30 years mainly because of the better and widely available diagnostic methods and our focusing on the disease. (Current incidence: 2.5 – 5/100000) Patients: In our Department of Gastroenterology we diagnosed 24 patients with NET from 2006 to 2014. In 2011 nine ca…