Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) and carcinoid syndrome are at risk of developing carcinoid heart disease (CaHD). Sarcopenia is a muscle disease, associated with poorer overall survival and post operative complications in other types of cancer. In patients with NETs sarcopenia is highly prevalent, if this effects complications and survival following surgery for CaHD is unknown.The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of sarc...