Tag: Ochsner Medical Center

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 …

BerriHealth Supports Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Research

BerriHealth, a leader in providing high-quality black raspberry powder for clinical trials and directly to consumers online, has donated a portion of their 2013 sales to New Orleans Louisiana Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialists (NOLANETS), led by Dr.…

Carcinoid Research Fund — Please Vote for Louisiana State University Health Science Center Foundation (LSUHSC)

Your vote is needed to further carcinoid research!  Ten local charities will be awarded $50,000 by the Gulf Coast Bank through its Community Rewards program.  The LSUHSC Foundation — Carcinoid Research Fund (the NOLA Dream Team!) is one of the charities…

Run for Hope to Benefit Carcinoid Cancer Research and Education

Get your running shoes ready for the 8th ANNUAL RUN FOR HOPE on Saturday, August 4, 2012.  The goal of the run is to raise awareness of carcinoid cancer, provide education, and give hope . . . while raising funds for carcinoid research and education and the …

Carcinoid Cancer Foundation’s May 2011 Symposium Now Online

The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation is pleased to share with you videos from its carcinoid/NET symposium, “Neuroendocrine Tumor Management:  The Era of Personalized Medicine,” held on May 1, 2011 at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

Following …

Up-to-the-Minute: News for the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Community

The first device that simultaneously performs PET and MRI scans, a new alpha-emitter-based therapy for NET cancer patients with progressive therapy-resistant tumors, the first–ever randomized virtual clinical trial, over 100  abstracts on carcinoid…

2012 National Carcinoid & NETs Conference: Save the Date

Dr. Eugene A. Woltering, the Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Network (CCAN), and the New Orleans Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialist team at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner in Louisiana have announced the dates for the 2012 National Carcinoid/NETs Conference…

Carcinoid Community: We Did It — Drew Brees Won!!

Thank you to the members of the carcinoid cancer and neuroendocrine tumor community — patients, family, friends, and colleagues — who voted in the Pepsi Refresh Project.   Your votes made the difference and Drew Brees, the New Orleans…

Carcinoid & NET Patients: Your Vote Is Needed

This year, Pepsi is giving away millions in grants each month to fund good ideas that make the world a better place. In celebration of the Super Bowl, Pepsi is teaming up with a trio of NFL players who have each submitted Pepsi Grant ideas of their own. New Orleans…

Video Recording of National Carcinoid Cancer and Neuroendocrine Tumor Patient Conference Now Online

Whether you are newly diagnosed with carcinoid cancer or another neuroendocrine tumor or you are seeking novel treatments for NETs you can gain invaluable information from the video recording of the 2009 National Carcinoid/NET Patient Conference …