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NET Fusion Live Educational Awareness Program on Facebook

October 26, 2016

A Facebook live online version of NET Fusion, a new educational disease awareness program from Novartis designed to help people with carcinoid syndrome better understand the science of food, will take place on Wednesday, November 16 from 7:00 to 7:30…

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Submits New Drug Application for Telotristat Etiprate

April 3, 2016

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has submitted a new drug application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Telotristat Etiprate for the treatment of carcinoid syndrome.

For patients with carcinoid syndrome who are no longer responding to the current…

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Neuroendocrine Tumors to Be Focus of Presentations and Posters at ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

January 14, 2016

Presentations on recent advances in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and new findings from the NETTER-1 clinical study on PRRT with Lutathera along with posters on a wide variety of subjects about NETs will be part of the program during the…

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Neuroendocrine Tumors to Be Focus of February 2016 Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics

December 26, 2015
Neuroendocrine Tumors will be featured in the February 2016 issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics. Dr. Jennifer Chan and Dr. Matthew Kulke, both from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are Editors of the issue, published by Elsevier.… READ MORE
jennifer chan md and matthew kulke md

Neuroendocrine Tumors Focus of Upcoming Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics

November 27, 2015

Neuroendocrine Tumors will be featured in the February 2016 issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics. Dr. Jennifer Chan and Dr. Matthew Kulke, both from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are Editors of the issue, published by Elsevier.…

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Treatment Options

November 14, 2015
TREATMENTS – OTHER Hope for the patients with carcinoid syndrome: A  diagnostic tool to help neuroendocrine cancer patients Biochemical assessment of niacin deficiency among carcinoid cancer patients. (Abstract)

Shah GM, Shah RG, Veillette…

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Combination Therapy with Octreotide and Alpha-interferon

November 14, 2015

A very important clinical research report  is published in the May issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology  (Margaret Frank et.al. Combination Therapy with Octreotide and alpha-interferon:effect on tumor growth in metstatic endocrine

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Preparing for the 24-Hour Urine 5HIAA Test

November 5, 2015
PREPARING FOR THE 24-HOUR URINE 5HIAA TEST

The old saying, “We are what we eat,” applies when a 24-hour collection for the urine 5HIAA test is being considered. The foods that contain the precursor of 5HIAA should be avoided for at least 24 …

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Understanding the Biochemical Markers

November 1, 2015

Presented by
Nancy Gardner, Ph.D., ARNP
GI Tumor Program
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute,
Tampa, FL

Carcinoid Symposium Spring 2002
Tampa, Florida
April 12, 2002

When a patient is diagnosed with carcinoid they begin hearing a lot …

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Peptides and Amines: What Are They and What Do They Do?

November 1, 2015

Presented by:
Thomas M. O’Dorisio, M.D.
Professor: Department of Internal Medicine,
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Iowa

Transcript of lecture from the
CARCINOID TREATMENT TODAY AND TOMORROW
(for Carcinoid Patients,…

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