Celiac disease has differing effects on cancer risk. It may lower your risk of breast cancer, but raises the risk of cancer of the small intestine (a rare type of cancer), carcinoid tumors (a rare, slow-growing type of cancer that can occur in the digestive tract), and gastrointestinal ...
Carcinoid cancer is a rare type of slow-growing tumor that can occur in the lungs or the digestive tract. Learn more.
Conclusion This is a rare case of thymic carcinoid invading the ventricular myocardium, which presented as subacute heart failure. The observations in this case would be useful for differential diagnosis of primary heart disease and invasion of heart due to thymic carcinoid....
Read about carcinoid tumor treatment, symptoms, and meaning. Carcinoid tumors in the lungs or gut often have no symptoms, however, they may cause carcinoid syndrome. Learn the symptoms, treatment, and prognosis of carcinoid tumors.
Carcinoid syndrome (a certain type of cancerous tumor in your intestines) Drug addiction (substance use disorder) or withdrawal (alcohol, opioids, cocaine, cannabis, benzodiazepines) Endocarditis (an infection of the inner lining of the heart) ...
Patients who are diagnosed with carcinoid heart disease generally have poor prognoses because of advanced metastases during staging and few therapeutic options. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman with right-sided heart failure, secondary to carcinoid heart disease caused by a primary ovarian...
Reduced DNA methylation of FKBP5 in Cushing’s syndrome. Endocrine. 2016;54:768–77. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar De Leo M, Pivonello R, Auriemma RS, et al. Cardiovascular disease in Cushing’s syndrome: heart versus vasculature. Neuroendocrinology. 2010;92:50–4. Article PubMed ...
Prior to menopause, women have a decreased risk of heart disease and stroke when compared with men. Around the time of menopause, however, a woman's risk of cardiovascular disease increases. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women in the U.S. Coronary heart disea...
They speculate that this may why meat-eaters have such higher rates of cancer and heart disease compared to vegetarians. They acknowledge it could just be the saturated fat in meat and dairy, but maybe it is also because of the incorporation of this foreign substance (plants do not produce ...
There are more than 100 different types of cancer. Here's some of the many voices of those who are Living with Cancer on what you need to know about cancer signs, symptoms, and treatments.Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in this country, after heart disease. (3) Anyone can...