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Epidemiology of carcinoid neoplasms in Vaud, Switzerland, 1974-97
F Levi1, V C Te, L Randimbison
1Registre vaudois des tumeurs, Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Chemin des Falaises 1, Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland.
British Journal of Cancer
|September 6, 2000
Abstract:
In Vaud, Switzerland, the incidence of carcinoids based on 218 malignant and 215 benign cases rose from 19.6/10(6)in 1974-85 to 28. 2/10(6)in 1986-97, more so among males and malignant neoplasms. Lung was the commonest site for malignant and large intestine for benign carcinoids. Sixty-eight (16%) carcinoids had another neoplasm.