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US Results from First Global NET Patient Survey
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation and the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation, member organizations of theInternational Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance (INCA), together with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporationhave announced the US results from …
READ MORENET Cancer Day Selfies Awareness Campaign: Time to Diagnosis
Worldwide NET Cancer Awareness Day, November 10, 2014, is less than a month away! The theme for this year’s awareness campaign is “Time to Diagnosis,” focusing on one of the most common issues with carcinoid and other types of neuroendocrine cancers. …
READ MORE1st 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 …
READ MOREClinical 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…
READ MORECarcinoid 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 toStanford University in California to expand access to its Gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTA-TATE PET/CT program for carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor …
READ MOREZebra 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…
READ MORENET Alliance Issues New E-Book on Neuroendocrine Cancer
NETrospectives, a new e-book produced by The NET Alliance, is “a journey through the past and a vision for the future of neuroendocrine cancer.” The e-book presents patients, patient advocates, and physicians talking about the diagnoses…
READ MORELuncheon with the Experts in New York City
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 (1616…
READ MORECarcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialist Dr. Eugene Woltering Named Chair of AJCC Expert Panel
Eugene A. Woltering, MD, The James D. Rives Professor of Surgery and Neuroscience and Director of Surgical Research at LSU Health Sciences Center/Ochsner in Kenner, Louisiana, has been selected to serve as Chair of the Neuroendocrine Tumors Expert …
READ MORENew OncLive TV Series Focuses on Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, also known as pNETs, form in the hormone-making cells (islet cells) of the pancreas. In this new OncLive TV series, moderator Matthew Kulke, MD, Director of the Program in Neuroendocrine and Carcinoid Tumors at Dana-Farber/Brigham…
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