Category: carcinoid cancer
Novartis Oncology Announces Winner of 2010 Warner Advocacy Award
Maryann Wahmann of the Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Network (CCAN) has been chosen as winner of the 2010 Warner Advocacy Award, established last year by Novartis Oncology to commemorate the life and work of the late Monica Warner of the Carcinoid Cancer…
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10 More iPhone Apps for Patients and Physicians
If you are a carcinoid or neuroendocrine cancer iPhone user, a healthcare provider who treats carcinoid/NETs patients, or a medical student, here are 10 more iPhone apps that will give you information about everything from new drug warnings to places…
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Worldwide NET (Neuroendocrine Tumor) Cancer Awareness Day Website Goes Live
A new website, www.netcancerday.org, has just gone live to launch an international campaign to bring about greater awareness of neuroendocrine cancers. The first Worldwide NET Cancer Awareness Day (WNCAD) will take place on November 10, 2010. The…
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12 iPhone Apps for Patients and Physicians
For carcinoid and neuroendocrine cancer iPhone users there are many resources for you as a patient or for your physician that have been created by big pharmaceutical companies around the world. These pharma companies include Novartis, Pfizer, Merck…
READ MOREIs It Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Carcinoid Cancer? Think Zebras, Not Horses
So often misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome or Crohn’s disease, carcinoid cancer is a diagnosis where doctors are thinking zebras not horses. The saying goes back to medical school when students are taught to consider the uncommon. “Ninety-nine…
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Lung Carcinoid Survivor Runs Marathon in California
When Kenneth Todd asked his surgeon how the removal of his left lung would affect his daily activities, the surgeon told him he could do everything except run a marathon. Mr. Todd, who had never previously been a runner, decided he had a new goal. In 2006,…
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Study to Evaluate Families with History of Carcinoid Cancer
The Natural History of Familial Carcinoid Tumor is recruiting participants who are interested in being part of a study that will “evaluate families with a history of carcinoid cancer to determine ways to improve early detection and to find the gene that…
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Zebra Medical ID Bracelets and Chains for Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients
Consider the situation – you have carcinoid or another neuroendocrine cancer and you have a medical emergency, perhaps you go into carcinoid crisis or you can’t speak. A medical ID bracelet or charm may save your life. You can buy zebra-striped medical…
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2010 California & Virginia Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patient Conferences: Registration Is Now Open
InterScience Institute (ISI) and the Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Network (CCAN) are presenting their first joint conferences for carcinoid and neuroendocrine cancer patients on Saturday, July 17, 2010 in San Francisco, California, and on Saturday,…
READ MOREAdvocacy Session New on Carcinoid Cancer & Neuroendocrine Tumor Conference Program in Canada
Carcinoid cancer and neuroendocrine tumor patients — learn more about being your own advocate during a special session to be held on Thursday, May 13th from 3 to 5 pm at the The Carcinoid NeuroEndocrine International Conference and Symposium for…
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