Background. A 48-year-old man presented with diarrhea, flushing, abdominal pain and weight loss of 10 kg over a 6-month period. He subsequently developed dyspnea on exertion. Diagnosis. Carcinoid ...

Lung cancer is the primary etiology of malignant nodules and is the most common cause of cancer-related death in both sexes. There has not been much progress in the overall 5-year survival rates ...

Lung auscultation revealed a reduction in ... Patients with pulmonary carcinoid tumors can be asymptomatic even if they have metastatic disease. If symptomatic, symptoms can be related to the ...

Jennifer Chan, MD, MPH, discussed outcomes of treating neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) with cabozantinib depending on whether they were pancreatic NETs or extrapancreatic NETs.

Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) for the treatment of 1) adult and pediatric patients 12 years of ...

The study was led by Jennifer Chan, MD, MPH, clinical director of the gastrointestinal cancer center and director of the program in carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.