Category: carcinoid

1st Annual Tommyland Invitational Charity Golf Tournament to Benefit Carcinoid Cancer Foundation

The 1st Annual Tommyland Tourney, a charity golf tournament to benefit the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, will be held at Schneiter’s Riverside Golf Course in Riverdale, Utah on Sunday, September 14th. The tournament is being held in memory of …

Clinical Trial for GI Carcinoid Patients Recruiting Through September

Gastrointestinal carcinoid patients who have tumors that either are not suitable for standard treatment or are not responding to standard treatment have the opportunity to enroll in a Phase I/II clinical trial conducted by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals…

WEGO Health Builds Online Carcinoid Community

You can make a difference! To learn more about the needs of the carcinoid patient community, WEGO Health is conducting a survey and would appreciate your input.

To reach out to the carcinoid community, WEGO Health has created a survey to learn more about…

Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Awards Grant to Stanford University

The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation in White Plains, New York has awarded a grant of more than $65,000.00 to Stanford University in California to expand access to its Gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTA-TATE PET/CT program for carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor (NET)…

North Carolina Golf Tournament Raises Awareness of Carcinoid Cancer and Funds for the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation

Larry Sanders, Plant Engineer at Arclin USA in Moncure, North Carolina, and his colleagues held the Arclin’s Men and Women’s Golf Tournament on May 24, 2014 to express appreciation for those who work at the plant and for Arclin’s clients and to raise awareness…

Zebra Talk — A Handbook for Newly Diagnosed Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients and Their Primary Care Physicians

There’s a terrific new resource for carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor patients and their primary care physicians entitled Zebra Talk. According to Suzi Garber of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, editor, the handbook “is intended as a reference for those…

Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors in the News!

Who is at risk for getting carcinoid or another neuroendocrine cancer? What are the signs and symptoms? We are very pleased to share a feature article from the April 27, 2014 edition of the New York Daily News, “Daily Checkup: Carcinoid Tumors Have a Variety…

New England Carcinoid Connection Announces June 2014 Conference for the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Community

Carcinoid and neuroendocrine cancer patients, family members, caregivers, and healthcare professionals are invited to attend the New England Carcinoid Connection Conference on Friday, June 27, 2014 at The Lantana in Randolph, Massachusetts. The…

Gallium-68 Scan Coming to NOLANETS for Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients

Dr. Eugene A. Woltering has announced that the Gallium-68 DOTATATE PET/CT scan is going to be available beginning in the summer of 2014 through The New Orleans Louisiana Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialists (NOLANETS) Neuroendocrine Tumor Program at …

Luncheon with the Experts in New York City — Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients Are Invited!

The Big Apple Noids support group invites you to join fellow carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor (NET) patients and three medical experts for lunch on Sunday, May 4 from 12:30 to 3:30 pm in a private dining room at Dorrian’s restaurant in Manhattan…