Tag: octreotide

Now Recruiting: Carcinoid Syndrome Patients to Participate in Clinical Trial
June 17, 2011
Ipsen is recruiting patients with a history of carcinoid syndrome to participate in a clinical study to evaluate the effect of Somatuline® Depot (Lanreotide Autogel), a somatostatin analog (SSTa) similar to octreotide, on the control of symptoms …
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Up-to-the-Minute: News for the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Community
June 12, 2011
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…
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WebMD Articles Raise Awareness about Carcinoid Cancer
January 30, 2011
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…
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