How do gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors affect children and adults?

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  1. Children and young adults are not as likely to develop gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors as older adults are. These slow-growing tumors take a long time to develop. On average, people are diagnosed with carcinoid tumors between ages 60 and 65.

    Children and young adults are not as likely to develop gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors as older adults are. These slow-growing tumors take a long time to develop. On average, people are diagnosed with carcinoid tumors between ages 60 and 65. More