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Octreotide And Carcinoid Cancer

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This is not a normal cancer. Carcinoid tumors are rare, with only 27 new cases per million diagnosed in the U.S. per year.
Standard treatment is surgery to remove the entire tumor. Octreotide is not a cancer treatment. It is used as a growth inhibitor and may help with symptoms of Carcinoid syndrome. Carcinoid syndrome occurs in very few people with carcinoid tumors, after the tumor has spread to the liver or lung.

These tumors release too much of the hormone serotonin, as well as several other chemicals. The hormones cause the blood vessels to open (dilate). This causes carcinoid syndrome.
This pdf file will have info on the side affects
https://www.pharma.us.novartis.....com/sites/www.pharm

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