paywalled: The risk of metachronous cancers in patients with small-intestinal carcinoid tumors: a US population-based study

 Blogger's Note: while rare, and there is no specific reference in this abstract, carcinoid ovarian cancer tumors do exist so this research will be of interest for those diagnosed, this blog has some research on ovarian carcinoid tumors

The risk of metachronous cancers in patients with small-intestinal carcinoid tumors: a US population-based study

"In conclusion, almost one-third of patients with SICs have an associated metachronous primary tumor. When these primaries occur prior to (but not after) the SIC diagnosis, the prognosis is worse than with an initial SIC. The type of malignancies associated with SICs may guide future screening efforts.."