We offer diagnosis and treatment for those with neuroendocrine tumors through our Endocrine Oncology Program.  If you have been diagnosed, or suspect you have adrenal cancer, patients, please call 734-647-8902.

Healthcare professionals, please contact our M-LINE service: 800-962-3555.

The diagnosis of a neuroendocrine tumor requires blood and urine tests as well as imaging studies which often include a CT scan. 

Depending on the location of the tumor and whether the tumor has spread throughout the body, treatment options can include medication treatment and/or surgical removal of the tumor.

Neuroendocrine or carcinoid tumors of the abdomen often involve sections of the intestine and/or the blood vessels which supply the intestines. Surgical removal of the tumor often requires resection of intestine. In patients where the tumor which has spread to the liver, surgical resection of part of the liver or other treatments to destroy these tumors may help to decrease the amount of hormone produced and thus improve symptoms. 

There is a very wide spectrum of carcinoid tumors and the prognosis for patients is dependent on how early the tumor is treated. In very small, early tumors the cure rates are excellent, while in more advanced cases control of symptoms can be obtained with a combination of medical and surgical treatments. 

The Multidisciplinary Endocrine Tumor Program at the UM Health Rogel Cancer Center is composed of endocrinologists, endocrine surgeons, radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists and oncologists who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of carcinoid and intestinal neuroendocrine tumors.