Prevalence and clinical features of the ectopic ACTH syndrome in patients with gastroenteropancreatic and thoracic neuroendocrine tumors

Abstract

Prevalence of EAS in this large cohort of patients with thoracic and GEP-NETs was 3.2%. EAS was mostly caused by thoracic and pancreatic NETs. First 5-year survival of EAS patients was shorter compared with non-EAS patients.