Category: carcinoid

Racing for a Cause: Carcinoid Car Selected as Finalist in Sponsafier Competition!

Fantastic news!  The top ten finalists have been announced and the CARCINOID CAR is a Finalist in the Sponsafier competition! There are 15 days left to vote for the next Sponsafier Champion.  We need your help – please vote every day from today, October 5,…

New Feature for Medical Professionals on Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Website

The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce that a new feature for the medical community has been added to its website, www.carcinoid.org.  The section is entitled Continuing Medical Education (CME).   Upcoming events include:

• The Penn

Nominate a Hero

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”   Joseph Campbell

The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation would like to recognize the healthcare heroes and heroines who change the lives of patients and their loved…

Two Lung Carcinoid Survivors Inspire and Lead the Way

Deirdre Durant finished folding the last of 1,000 origami cranes only days before surgery to remove her left lung.  She was seeking to fulfill the ancient Japanese legend that promises anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by…

Racing for a Cause: Please Vote for the Carcinoid Car through August 20

UPDATE, August 22:  Voting is now closed for the Carcinoid Car.  Thanks to all who voted the Carcinoid Car received 2,114 votes!!  If the car goes to Round Two we will share the information with everyone and ask for your votes again.  We really appreciate…

Colorado Golf Tournament to Benefit Carcinoid Cancer Foundation and High School Scholarship Fund

If you love golf, want to support the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, and are in the Denver, Colorado, area on Saturday, September 24, 2011, please sign up for The Toby Plank Memorial Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held in memory of Toby M. Plank, …

New Zebra Jewelry Signature Line Available at The Barking Zebra

Suzi Garber, jewelry designer and owner of The Barking Zebra website, www.barkingzebra.net, has added a Signature Line of zebra pins, earrings, cufflinks, and charms to the collection of elegant awareness jewelry available on her website.  The jewelry…

Phase II Clinical Trial Recruiting Carcinoid and Related Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients

Participants are being recruited for a Phase II clinical study of capecitabine and temozolomide (CAPTEM) for neuroendocrine cancer patients with progressive, differentiated, metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Patients with carcinoid,…

9 Conferences for the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Community

If you are a carcinoid or NET cancer survivor, caregiver, family member or medical professional you can learn about what’s happening now and what’s new in carcinoid/NETs treatments, clinical trials, research, and more from specialists…

ASCO Expressions of Hope: Now Accepting Artwork for 2011-2012 Calendar

Carcinoid and neuroendocrine cancer survivors and anyone who has been affected by cancer — patients, friends, families, caregivers — are invited by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to share their emotions through art …