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9th Annual Run for Hope to Benefit Carcinoid Cancer Research and Education

June 30, 2013

Get your running shoes ready for the 9th ANNUAL RUN FOR HOPE on Saturday, July 13 in Fort Collins, Colorado – run, walk, or cheer people on during the 5K event!!  Neuroendocrine Cancer:  New Treatments and New Hope, an educational event with keynote speakers…

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But You Look So Good . . . Stories by Carcinoid Cancer Survivors

June 28, 2013

The intimate stories of those living with a poorly understood and rare cancer are shared in Maria Gonzalez’s new book, But You Look So Good . . . . Stories by Carcinoid Cancer Survivors. Over 20 patient and caregiver stories explore how carcinoid and neuroendocrine…

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Call for Nominations: 2013 Warner Advocacy Award

June 21, 2013

Novartis Oncology has announced the 2013 Warner Advocacy Award, named in honor of  the late Monica Warner, a driving force behind the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation for two decades and extraordinary advocate for carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumor patients.…

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Becoming Sunny Susan: A Carcinoid Survivor’s Memoir

June 20, 2013

“My story is one many of you can identify with – an uplifting look at a life that I am determined to live well, despite all of the obstacles that I have been dealt,” says “Sunny Susan” Anderson about her new book, BECOMING SUNNY SUSAN. “At the heart of the story…

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North Carolina Golf Outing Raises Awareness of Carcinoid Cancer

June 7, 2013

When Larry Sanders, Plant Engineer at Arclin USA in Moncure, North Carolina, and his colleagues get together for the Working Man’s and Woman’s Golf Outing for Carcinoid Cancer it will be an opportunity to express appreciation for those who work at the …

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Neuroendocrine Tumors Featured in Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Patient Program

May 22, 2013

Josh Mailman, President of the NorCal CarciNET support group and Chair of the Patient Advocate Advisory Board for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), will give the Welcome presentation for the SNMMI Patient Education Day …

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Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center Selected For New Investigational PRRT Treatment and Gallium Scan for Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients

May 15, 2013

For carcinoid, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, and other NET cancer patients seeking the most advanced nuclear medicine opportunities in  the United States, Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center  in Houston, Texas, in collaboration with…

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OncLive TV Releases 2 More Videos in Neuroendocrine Tumors Series

April 1, 2013

Two new videos have been released in the OncLive TV series on carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), including pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and genetic syndromes that predispose people to develop pancreatic NETs such MEN1 (multiple endocrine…

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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) Seminar Scheduled at Mayo Clinic

March 27, 2013

The basics of MEN; thyroid, parathyroid, pancreatic, pituitary, and adrenal surgery; genetics of MEN; and patient chronicles are among the topics to be covered during the second MEN Seminar presented by American Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Support

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New OncLive TV Series Focuses on Neuroendocrine Tumors

March 24, 2013

Carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), including pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and even more uncommon NETs such as goblet cell carcinoid and mixed adenocarcinomas, are discussed by a panel of medical experts in this new video series from …

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