Tag: neuroendocrine cancer awareness
2021 Monica Warner Award: Call for Nominations
Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), a Novartis company, has announced that nominations are open for the 12th Annual Monica Warner Award! AAA is continuing the Novartis tradition of sponsoring the award, which commemorates the life and work …
READ MORESongs for Life, Supporting Cancer Research — Please Vote for Giovanna Imbesi’s “Hush”
While recovering from surgery for carcinoid cancer in 2006, Giovanna Imbesi used her amazing talents to compose “Hush,” featuring Toni Peete. The song, says Giovanna, was created to “inspire peacefulness and quiet in the midst of frightening medical…
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More Things Zebra for the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) Community: From the Everyday to the Extraordinary
Why the zebra for carcinoid and neuroendocrine cancer awareness? In medical school, students are told, “When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras.” Physicians are taught to focus on the most likely possibilities when making a diagnosis,…
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Update on Carcinoid and The Dr. Oz Show
As a follow-up to our blog about a carcinoid patient appearing on the Dr. Oz Show, we would like to share an update. When we were informed that a carcinoid patient was appearing on the Dr. Oz Show, we thought that carcinoid was going to be mentioned in the show. …
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Breaking News from Canada about Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Cancer Awareness
For the first time in the history of Canada’s Federal Parliament, a member of the House of Commons has taken the floor to speak about the need for awareness of neuroendocrine cancer. On Tuesday, November 2nd, the Honorable, Dr. Carolyn Bennett, PC, MP…
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