Neuroendocrine Societies
National and International
November 2007
North America:
NANETS (The North American
Tumor Society)
This society was formed in September 2006. The North American
Neuroendocrine Tumor Society is now an incorporated non-profit
organization. Their primary purpose shall be to improve neuroendocrine
disease management through increased research and educational
purposes.
The NANETS' board members are presently working on creating neuroendocrine
consensus.guidelines specifically for the US, Canadian and Mexican
medical community. Their first physician CME symposium is scheduled
for March
2008 .in Bermuda see below
For more information contact Kari
Brendtro, Executive Director
To join this unique group CLICK
HERE
ENETS The European Neuroendocrine
Tumor Society is composed of physicians whose main mission is
to increase awareness and knowledge of neuroendocrine tumors and
to promote education through the dissemination and sharing of
information in the medical community . These physicians also help
to increase awareness within the general public of these often
rare conditions by working closely with global support groups.
Photos from the ENETS' 2004 conference in Budapest Hungary and the 2005 conference in Cracow, Poland. ENETS (The Eurpeoan
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 NEWSLETTER.
