Where this carcinoid information comes from

This page shows the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of CancerHelp UK.

All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had carcinoid, live in the UK, and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.

Websites

Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series

US National Cancer Institute
Information on the treatment of carcinoid tumours
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/gastrointestinalcarcinoid

American Cancer Society
Information on gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours
Information on lung carcinoid tumours
www.cancer.org

Books

Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008

Cancer and its management (6th edition)
Souhami R and Tobias J
Blackwell Science, 2010

The Textbook of Uncommon Cancers (3rd edition)
Raghavan et al.
Wiley 2006

TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (7th edition)
International Union Against Cancer
L.H. Sobin, M.K. Gospodarowicz, Ch. Wittekind
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2009

AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (7th edition)
American Joint Committee on Cancer
Springer, 2010

UK guidelines

Referral for suspected cancer. A clinical practice guideline.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005
Link to the referral guidelines on the NICE website

Guidelines for the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine (including carcinoid) tumours
J K Ramage et al on behalf of the NETwork for neuroendocrine tumours
Gut 2005;54,iv1-iv16

Journal articles and reviews

Primary appendiceal carcinoma - epidemiology, surgery and survival: results of a German multi-center study. F Benedix, A Reimer, I Gastinger, P Mroczkowski, H Lippert, R Kube. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2010 Aug;36(8):763-71.

Carcinoid heart disease: case and literature review. M Dumoulein, C Verslype, E van Cutsem, B Meuris, P Herijgers, W Flameng, MC Herregods. Acta Cardiologica. 2010 Apr;65(2):261-4.

Radioiodinated metaiodobenzylguanidine treatment of neuroendocrine tumors in adults. EJ Postema, AJ McEwan. Cancer Biotherapy Radiopharmaceuticals. 2009 Oct;24(5):519-25.

Metastatic Carcinoid Tumors: A Clinical Review. M Johanna. B Zuetenhorst, G. Taal. The Oncologist, Vol. 10, No. 2, 123-131, February 2005.