Save the dates..September 24 - 26, 2009
FIRST "OFFICIAL" ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2009 NETS PATIENT CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS
Message from Dr. Eugene Woltering:
This is the first "official " announcement of the 2009 National NETS Patient Conference in New Orleans. This conference will start on Thursday evening September 24th 2009 with a short social mixer. This will have heavy munchies and will end in plenty of time for folks to get a great nights sleep or hit the night life here in NOLA.
For those that were here at the Astor Crowne Plaza last time we did this (2004) you know the hotel is on the corner of Canal and Bourbon Street and it has undergone a multimillion dollar renovation in the last year. We will be having all day conferences on Friday the 25th of September and Saturday the 26th. These talks will be complete by 5 pm CST each day and this will allow you a couple of evenings to rest or to explore the city on your own.
On Friday I will be planning two separate sessions in the morning in response to the wishes of the group--- session one will be just for "newbie's" and will go over the NET basics in detail. The parallel session will be for the folks who have been to previous conferences and will cover the current state of the art topics and speakers. Both groups will rejoin each other for the remainder of the conference on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday .
Stay tuned for a couple of real surprises that will make this conference "the conference of the decade" to attend. Special thanks to a couple of groups who have volunteered to sponsor this effort so far:
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER IN KENNER LOUISIANA IS GOING TO HOST AND SPONSOR THIS MEETING
THE CARCINOID AWARENESS NETWORK (CCAN) IS GOING TO HELP WITH REGISTRATION AND WILL HELP US PROVIDE THE DAY TO DAY WORKER BEES TO MAN THE REGISTRATION DESKS ETC. ANYONE ONE WHO KNOWS THESE FOLKS KNOW THAT THIS WILL MEAN THAT EVERYTHING WILL RUN SMOOTHLY
Stay tuned for more info and hopefull pretty shortly a speaker list.
Stay tuned for specific meeting registration information and how to sign up for room registration at the Astor Crowne Plaza.
2008
CANADA
EDUCATING THE MEDICAL AND PATIENT COMMUNITY IN CANADA SAVE THE DATE: Thursday 16 October- Sunday 19 October 2008 for the Carcinoid NeuroEndocrine Tumour Society Canada's (CNETS)'
Toronto Patient Doctor Conference For more information about htis conference contact:
Maureen Coleman at maureenc@sympatico.ca
CNETS website http://www.cnetscanada.org/
NOTE:We continue to build the website live as new
information is added so feel free to check our progress periodically
SWEDEN
The Carcinoid Patient Association in Sweden Carpa announces an International Patient Meeting in Sweden on Diagnosis and Therapy of Neuroendocrine Tumors.
Place: Uppsala, Sweden
Date: from May 30th to June 1st 2008. For program and registration information CLick Here
For additional information or questions contact Agneta Franzen
På svenska Carpas internationella patientkonferens
Maj 30 - Juni 1, 2008 - Uppsala Diagnos och behandling av neuroendokrina (hormonproducerande) tumörsjukdomar
För mer information på svenska .......läs mer To read Carpa's latest Newsletter Click Here (in Swedish --- på svenska)
UNITED STATES
EDUCATING THE GLOBAL MEDICAL COMMUNITY / AT THE 44TH ASCO MEETING The CCF, together with CCAN and representatives from NANETS, ENETS,CNETS-Canada, andmembers from various US support and advocacy groups, exhibits again at the 44th ASCO Annual Meeting (ASCO= the American Society for Clinical Oncologists).
Oncology nurses, pharmacists, genetic counselors and other health care professionals in related fields attend ASCO’s Annual Meeting. Educational and scientific sessions at the Meeting offer cutting-edge information on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cancer. It is expected that about 30,000 medical professionals from the US and many other countries will attend.
The annual Meetingwill be held on May 30 - June 3, 2008 at the McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
Exhibitor List The CCF and CCAN have reserved very prominent spaces this year see map HERE
Hover over space 3002 and 3004 and you will see our location. TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
MIINESOTA MEDICAL CONFERENCE The Minnesota Carcinoid Support Group (MnCCS) and the Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Network (CCAN)
Presents "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Carcinoid Cancer & Neuroendocrine Tumors"
Saturday October 4
8:00am - 4:30pm Bloomington, MN For Registration and more information go to CCAN's website: http://carcinoidawareness.moonfruit.com/
On Friday evening October 3 the MnCCS and CCAN will host a Meet and Great Dinner and fundraiser
PAST CONFERENCES AND SPECIAL
EVENTS
CCF 11th Annual Carcinoid/NET's Conference
For patients, caretakers and medical professionals "Progress in Research and Treatment" (poster)
April 13, 2008
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
Guest Speakers: Herbert Chen, M.D., University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Madison, Wisconsin Andrew S. Kennedy, M.D.,Wake Radiology Oncology
Cary,NC; Networking and survivor stories
To see pictures from this successful event CLick here.
Read evaluations.
ENETS (European
NeuroEndocrine Society) The 5th Annual ENETS conference was held on 6-8
March 2008 in Paris. The ENETS Executive Committee presented the following topics in ther program
; Test TNM cases;
modeling MEN X; minimal requirements for work-up and diagnosis;
pitfalls in NET diagnosis and treatment; and, inherited tumors
This meeting included two abstract sessions, one for basic
science, the other for clinical research.
CCF
Exhibits at the ASCO Annual Meeting
43rd ASCO (the American Society for Clinical Oncology) Annual Meeting was held on June 1-5, 2007 McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois CCF was invited for the second time to exhibit at the
(ASCO) Annual Conference in Chicago, June 2-4, 2007. Following
one of CCF's missions,
"If you don't suspect it, you can't detect it," the A
-TEAM, consisting of patients, caretakers and patient advocates,
educated many of the 35,000 attending health care professionals
(HCP).
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation presented Carcinoids:
The Slow Pace of Rapid Progress on April 15, 2007,
at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY for patients, family,
friends and medical professionals. The guest speaker was Irvin
M. Modlin., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S from Yale University School
of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Most of the content of his presentation
was recently published and can be accessed by CLICKING
HERE. Additional medical journal publications by Dr. Modlin
are available in abstract form from PUB
MED - CLICK HERE
A NETWORKING/SUPPORT/AWARENESS interactive session was also held
to encourage patients and families to become a patient advocate
ENETS
(The European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society) is proud to announce
results from its 2007 conference: The 4th Annual ENETS Conference
was held in Barcelona, Spain, 15-17 March 2007. The
conference covered topics such as the application of the ENETS
Guidelines to clinical practice; rare hereditary diseases and
endocrine tumors; NET imaging and surgery; and new therapies
and clinical trials. A summary of this conference can be viewed
in their latest NEWS
LETTER.
The Carcinoid Patient Association in Sweden