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Canadian Journal of Surgery logoLink to Canadian Journal of Surgery
. 2001 Feb;44(1):25–32.

Carcinoid Syndrome Symposium on Treatment Modalities for Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumours: symposium summary

Janice L Pasieka *,, J Gregory McKinnon *, Susan Kinnear , Carole-Anne Yelle , Leonard Numerow , Alexander Paterson §, Otto Rorstad , Lisa Marie DiFrancesco , Alexander McEwan **, Britt Skogseid ††
PMCID: PMC3695180  PMID: 11220795

Abstract

Objective

To develop a collaborative approach for the treatment of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours and carcinoid syndrome.

Participants

Leaders in the medical, endocrine, radiologic and surgical treatment of carcinoid disease were selected to present papers at the Carcinoid Syndrome Symposium on Treatment Modalities for Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumours and participate in the workshop that followed.

Evidence

A multidisciplinary symposium with experts in the field of carcinoid syndrome was organized at the University of Calgary. Data presented, participation of the attendees and a review of the literature were used in the workshop to develop a collaborative approach to the management of carcinoid tumours.

Benefits

Carcinoid tumours are rare and few centres have large experiences in their treatment. Before the development of this collaboration, patients with carcinoid tumours received a unidisciplinary approach depending on referral patterns. The development of a multidisciplinary neuroendocrine clinic helped to unify the approach to these patients, yet a consensus on the treatment of carcinoid tumours was lacking. The expertise at the symposium allowed for consensus and the development of treatment algorithms, including biochemical screening, radiographic localization and surgical intervention, for gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours. The role of medical and hormonal therapy after cytoreducion is presented.

Recommendation

Patients with carcinoid tumours require a multidisciplinary approach to their care.

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