Sunday, October 23, 2011

Famous Carcinoids

Famous people who recently died of neuro-endocrine tumors:

Dave Thomas (Wendy's)
Derrick Bell (Law Professor and Rights Advocate)
Steve Jobs (Do I really need to say anything)
Audry Hepburn (Actress, appendiceal cancer that was likely carcinoid)
Stuart Scott (ESPN anchor, Appendiceal cancer that was likely carcinoid)

General carcinoid frequencies:

1 out of 300 appendectomies
1 out of 200 in necropsy (incidental)
1 in 40,000 in general population

1 comment:

  1. Hello,
    I have a question about your blog. Please email me!
    Thanks,
    David

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