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9 More News Items for the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Cancer Community

Carcinoid/neuroendocrine cancer specialist Dr. Eric Liu will be joining the Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers in Denver, Colorado, effective June 1, 2015. He and medical oncologist Dr. Allen Cohn, also from Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, will head up …

Gallium-68 Scan Coming to NOLANETS for Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients

Dr. Eugene A. Woltering has announced that the Gallium-68 DOTATATE PET/CT scan is going to be available beginning in the summer of 2014 through The New Orleans Louisiana Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialists (NOLANETS) Neuroendocrine Tumor Program at …

Pancreatic 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…

WebMD Articles Raise Awareness about Carcinoid Cancer

Understanding carcinoid tumors, carcinoid syndrome, and treatments for carcinoid when surgery is not an option are the focus of three feature articles by Ellen Greenlaw on WebMD.com this month.  For these articles, Ms. Greenlaw sought the expertise…

Study to Evaluate Families with History of Carcinoid Cancer

The Natural History of Familial Carcinoid Tumor is recruiting participants who are interested in being part of a study that will “evaluate families with a history of carcinoid cancer to determine ways to improve early detection and to find the gene that…

Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Cancer Conference Presented by CCAN Now Online

If you missed the carcinoid and NET conference presented by the Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Network in November, you can now view it online.  And if you want to hear some great presentations again, click here.

The guest speakers and their presentations …

International Carcinoid Cancer & Neuroendocrine Tumor Conference To Be Held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The single biggest international carcinoid cancer and neuroendocrine tumor conference in Canada will be presented by the Canadian Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (CNETS) from Thursday, May 13 to Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia. …

Carcinoid Heart Disease: Facts You Need to Know

Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Medical Director Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Richard R.P. WarnerRichard R.P. Warner, M.D., Medical Director of The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, was honored by the North American NeuroEndocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) at its 2009 Conference held in Charlotte, North Carolina, in October.  …