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  Carcinoid Cancer Foundation

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          • Resources for Carcinoid and NET Cancer Insurance Appeals
        • Mobile App
        • A Review of Neuroendocrine Cancer
        • UN ANÁLISIS DEL CÁNCER NEUROENDOCRINO
        • Medical Opinion: Diagnosis and Treatment
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      • More Information
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General Information

  • A Review of Neuroendocrine Cancer
  • Living With Carcinoid
  • Mobile App for Carcinoid Cancer and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients
  • Nutrition
    • Additional Resources about Nutrition and Diet:
    • Nutrition and Diet for Carcinoid Patients: An Interview with Jeffrey I. Mechanick, M.D.
  • Tips and Resources
  • UN ANÁLISIS DEL CÁNCER NEUROENDOCRINO
  • What If Insurance Won’t Pay?
    • Excerpt 10: Table of Contents — Frontal Attack
    • Excerpt 11 : Cover Letter — Opening Salvo
    • Excerpt 12: Treatment of Choice — Focus on Your Objective
    • Excerpt 13: Insurance Law — Powerful Ammo
    • Excerpt 14: Bad Medical Story — Shock and Awe
    • Excerpt 15: In-Network Doctors — Remove Their Lieutenants
    • Excerpt 16: Out-of-Network Expert — Bring in the General
    • Excerpt 17: Precedent — Call in the Troops
    • Excerpt 18: Experimental — Seize Their Weapons
    • Excerpt 19: Not Medically Necessary — Use Their Weapons
    • Excerpt 1: It’s Your Appeal
    • Excerpt 20: Rational for Denial — Mop up all Resistance
    • Excerpt 2: What an Appeal Is Not
    • Excerpt 3: An Appeal Is a Professional-Looking Document
    • Excerpt 4: An Appeal Is a Bluff
    • Excerpt 5: Before the Battle — First Three Things to Do
    • Excerpt 6: Where Are the First Three Places to Go When Your Insurance Company Denies?
    • Excerpt 7: Know Your Opponent — HMO or PPO?
    • Excerpt 8: Self-Funded Plans — A Battle on Two Fronts
    • Excerpt 9: Cover Page — First Strike
    • Resources for Carcinoid and NET Cancer Insurance Appeals
      • A Discussion on the Utility of Various Routes of Administration of Octreotide Acetate
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