Tag: islet cell pancreatic tumors
I Have Cancer. And I’ve Never Felt Better!
Imagine nine years of debilitating gastrointestinal illness; misdiagnoses from doctors that include gastroparesis, pancreatitis, functional dyspepsia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and being told to reduce the stress in your life; a battery…
READ MOREBreaking News: Steve Jobs, Co-Founder and Former CEO of Apple, Has Died
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation and the carcinoid/NET community express their deepest sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple, who died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. Mr. Jobs was diagnosed with an islet …
READ MOREPancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Rare Cancer
From your next door neighbor to Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple who just announced that he is stepping down as CEO of the company, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) affect less than 1 person in 100,000 in the United States. This rare cancer is often…
READ MOREBreaking News: FDA Approves Pfizer’s Sutent for Pancreatic NET Cancer Patients
The US Food and Drug Administration today announced approval of Pfizer’s Sutent (sunitinib) for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor cancer patients with tumors that cannot be removed by surgery or that have spread (metastasized) to …
READ MOREBreaking News: FDA Approves Pfizer’s Sutent for Pancreatic NET Cancer Patients
The US Food and Drug Administration today announced approval of Pfizer’s Sutent (sunitinib) for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor cancer patients with tumors that cannot be removed by surgery or that have spread (metastasized) to …
READ MORECarcinoid Cancer Foundation Thanks Steve Jobs for Bringing about Greater Awareness of Neuroendocrine Cancers
Since the announcement was made earlier this month that Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs would be taking a medical leave of absence there has been significant media coverage about pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, NET cancer, and carcinoid. Although…
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