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Survivor Stories

Many blogs and personal websites contain additional valuable information about carcinoid and related neuroendocrine tumors, survivor stories, medical information, support group schedules, patient conference schedules, treatment tips, newsletters,…

Starting a Support Group

Self-help or support groups provide a support system among people with common experiences. These groups, run by the members, meet to share common happenings, knowledge, strengths, and hopes.

The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation has gathered the following…

Medical Opinion: When to Start and How to Treat Metastatic Carcinoid

MEDICAL OPINION:
When to Start and How to Treat Metastatic Carcinoid

by
Richard R.P. Warner M.D.
Medical Director of The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation

Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Updated 2009

Carcinoids are generally…

Midwinter Neuroendocrine Conference in Colorado

For all carcinoid/NET patients and loved ones, a midwinter conference in Parker, Colorado.  The speakers will be Dr. Janette Durham, Professor of Radiology-Interventional, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora; Dr. J. Phillip Boudreaux,…

Diabetes mellitus (dye-a-BEE-teez MEL-ih-tus)

A group of disorders in which there is a defect in the transfer of glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream into cells, leading to abnormally high levels of blood sugar (hyperglycemia).There are two distinct types of diabetes mellitus: insulin-dependent…

CAM (Complementary and alternative medicine)

Forms of treatment that are used in addition to (complementary) or instead of (alternative) standard treatments. These practices are not considered standard medical approaches. CAM includes dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations,…

Amino acids

Organic compounds that form the building blocks of proteins.Out of 20 or more, 9 are considered essential , indispensable to life and growth that the body cannot make and must be supplied by diet. They are: threonine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, lysine,…

Alternative medicine

Practices used instead of standard treatments. They generally are not recognized by the medical community as standard or conventional medical approaches. Alternative medicine includes dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations,…

If I have a patient with severe asthma, facial flushing, and elevated serum 5-HIAA, could this be carcinoid syndrome?

It can be carcinoid syndrome. How high is the 5-HIAA and was the urine collected on a serotonin-free diet?  If it was more than just slightly elevated, then confirm its significance by testing blood serotonin, which should be increased; blood tryptophan,…

If I have a patient with severe asthma, facial flushing, and elevated serum 5-HIAA, could this be carcinoid syndrome?

It can be carcinoid syndrome. How high is the 5-HIAA and was the urine collected on a serotonin-free diet?  If it was more than just slightly elevated, then confirm its significance by testing blood serotonin, which should be increased; blood tryptophan,…