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2 parameters of it's capacity of metastasis ?

  #2

i think one is that in this increase 5-HT and which is not metabolized by liver b/c of liver metastases.

  #3

second wud be pulmonary circulation

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  #4

it is the location and size


Location at appendix & cecum is most frequent, but rarely metastasize.
Carcinoid at stomach, and small intestine has great tendency to metastasize


Size > 2cm is another factor









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