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Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Releases Nutrition and Neuroendocrine Tumors Video

July 31, 2013

What is a healthy diet for neuroendocrine tumor patients?  If a NET patient has carcinoid syndrome which foods should be avoided?  Are supplements recommended for carcinoid/NET patients? When NET patients have problems related to malabsorption and…

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Nutrition & Diet Information for Carcinoid Patients: An Interview with Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD

March 3, 2010

“Niacin deficiency, general protein energy deficiency, nutrition problems due to surgery, malnutrition and chronic diarrhea, and the excess metabolism of tryptophan,” are the key nutritional issues for carcinoid patients says endocrinologist…

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