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adj. - Of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together).

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  • The cancer, called neuroendocrine tumor, was discovered in Jobs's pancreas.
  • Jobs, for example, had what's called a neuroendocrine, or islet cell, tumor.
  • Dear Reader: Merkel cell carcinoma (also known as neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin) is a rare skin cancer.
  • Doctors reiterated that Jobs' rare type of disease, called neuroendocrine cancer, is known to be slow-growing and even treatable.
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