Cancer and Meditation by Cy Ball
Our guest blogger this month is Cy Ball, a retired computer software developer, enthusiastic fly fisherman, and music producer. He was diagnosed with carcinoid cancer about a year after his retirement, with a primary tumor in his intestinal area (still…
READ MORE3rd Theranostics World Congress Offers Free Patient Program on March 14
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland will be the site of the 3rd Theranostics World Congress on Ga-68 & PRRT from March 12-14, 2015. Co-sponsored by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Johns Hopkins Medicine, the…
READ MOREFirst Northeastern Facility Offers Gallium-68 DOTATOC PET/CT Imaging for Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Cancer Patients
When Brian Hakimian had the 68Gallium DOTATOC PET/CT scan at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai in New York City on January 14, 2015, he became the first carcinoid patient to undergo this novel imaging test at a northeastern facility. Now in clinical…
READ MOREIntelligent Patients — Just What the Doctor Didn’t Order by Ronny Allan
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce that we are going to feature guest contributors to our blog during 2015. Intelligent Patients – Just What the Doctor Didn’t Order by Ronny Allan (pictured), a carcinoid cancer patient from the UK,…
READ MORE10 Highlights of the Year 2014 for the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Community
As the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation looks back on the year 2014, we reached out to physicians, patients, support group leaders, listserv managers, patient advocates, and business colleagues to see what they thought were among the highlights of the past…
READ MOREBreaking News: US FDA Approves Lanreotide for Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
December 16, 2014: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved “lanreotide (Somatuline Depot Injection, Ipsen Pharma) for the treatment of patients with unresectable, well or moderately differentiated, locally advanced or metastatic…
READ MOREShop with AmazonSmile to Support the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation
Thanksgiving is only 2 days away and Black Friday is nearly here. Shopping for holiday gifts? Here’s a great way to support the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation while shopping at amazon.com.
When you do your holiday shopping at AmazonSmile, Amazon donates…
READ MORESongs for Life, Supporting Cancer Research — Please Vote for Giovanna Imbesi’s “Hush”
While recovering from surgery for carcinoid cancer in 2006, Giovanna Imbesi used her amazing talents to compose “Hush,” featuring Toni Peete. The song, says Giovanna, was created to “inspire peacefulness and quiet in the midst of frightening medical…
READ MOREJosh Mailman’s Patient Perspective on Integrative Oncology
“A Patient’s Perspective on Integrative Oncology: Getting Past the ‘War,’ Living with and Beyond Cancer” by Josh Mailman has been published in the November 2014 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs focused on Integrative…
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