Category: carcinoid

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Third Toby Plank Memorial Golf Tournament to Benefit Carcinoid Cancer Foundation & Colorado High School Scholarship Fund

August 14, 2013

For all who love golf, are in the Denver, Colorado area, and want to support the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation and a scholarship program at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, please sign up for The Toby Plan Memorial Golf Tournament.  Stephanie…

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Coming Soon — New Feature on Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Website

August 8, 2013

The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation welcomes feedback from the carcinoid/NET community so that we can regularly update our website, providing the most sought- after and up-to-date information possible.  Recently we were asked to add a feature to our Find

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Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Releases Nutrition and Neuroendocrine Tumors Video

July 31, 2013

What is a healthy diet for neuroendocrine tumor patients?  If a NET patient has carcinoid syndrome which foods should be avoided?  Are supplements recommended for carcinoid/NET patients? When NET patients have problems related to malabsorption and…

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A Possible Cure for Neuroendocrine Cancer: Exciting Update!

June 19, 2013

Back in September 2012 we shared the following:  “For $1.6 million (1 million pounds) an oncolytic virus that has the potential to cure neuroendocrine cancer can be named for the donor.  At Uppsala University in Sweden researchers are ready to start a …

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North Carolina Golf Outing Raises Awareness of Carcinoid Cancer

June 7, 2013

When Larry Sanders, Plant Engineer at Arclin USA in Moncure, North Carolina, and his colleagues get together for the Working Man’s and Woman’s Golf Outing for Carcinoid Cancer it will be an opportunity to express appreciation for those who work at the …

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Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center Selected For New Investigational PRRT Treatment and Gallium Scan for Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients

May 15, 2013

For carcinoid, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, and other NET cancer patients seeking the most advanced nuclear medicine opportunities in  the United States, Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center  in Houston, Texas, in collaboration with…

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OncLive TV Releases 2 More Videos in Neuroendocrine Tumors Series

April 1, 2013

Two new videos have been released in the OncLive TV series on carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), including pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and genetic syndromes that predispose people to develop pancreatic NETs such MEN1 (multiple endocrine…

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Carcinoid Research Fund — Please Vote for Louisiana State University Health Science Center Foundation (LSUHSC)

February 19, 2013

Your vote is needed to further carcinoid research!  Ten local charities will be awarded $50,000 by the Gulf Coast Bank through its Community Rewards program.  The LSUHSC Foundation — Carcinoid Research Fund (the NOLA Dream Team!) is one of the charities…

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2nd Luncheon with the Experts — Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients Are Invited!!

February 13, 2013

The Big Apple Noids support group has announced the second Luncheon with the Experts on Sunday, March 3, 2013.  This program, initiated and sponsored by the Big Apple Noids in collaboration with the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, brings together carcinoid…

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Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Releases “Lung Carcinoid” Video

January 16, 2013

According to the latest research, 28% of all carcinoids occur in the lung. Bronchial or lung carcinoids account for approximately 1% to 2% of all lung cancers in adults. “Lung Carcinoid” is the newest video in the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation’s 2012-2103

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