Abstract
Patients with carcinoid tumors which are not cured by surgery frequently suffer a prolonged, uncomfortable terminal course.Local recurrences or metastases are usually relatively slow-growing [18] and do not commonly produce rapid deterioration from biliary, renal or spinal fluid block. The patients usually present long-term management problems, testing the physician’s resources to control symptoms due to the pressure produced by the tumors and by the hormones which they release.