Whenever I post about a new trial, some people get excited without understanding that these new treatments and capabilities can very often take years to come to fruition and it’s also possible that clinical trials can be halted, or that national approval agencies will not approve the final product. Please bear that in mind when […]
It’s known that Neuroendocrine Cancer is quite different in many ways from other cancers, notwithstanding the misnomer term carcinoid which is thankfully being slowly moved out of terminology. As a few examples: It’s a wide spectrum heterogeneous cancer group with indolent isolated small tumours at one end all the way across to extremely aggressive metastatic […]
Every year I cast my mind back to this time in 2010. Diagnosed on 26th July that year, I was in hospital from 8th – 26th November, an extended period due to complications. At that point, I had been keeping my diagnosis within close family and friends and my manager at work. People at work […]
(so called) Carcinoid Crisis is one thing that tends to raise concerns in patients and has been bubbling away in NET centres and in patient communities for many years. One of the big problems I have found is trying to place boundaries on it in terms of which types of NET does it apply to. […]
Some of the key differences between Lanreotide and Octreotide long-acting are:1. Octreotide long-acting needs constituting prior to administration – Lanreotide comes prefilled. 2. Octreotide long-acting is administered intra-muscular, Lanreotide is deep subcutaneous. 3. I probably should add Octreotide LAR cannot be self-injected but Lanreotide can. I suspect this type of delivery system may open up […]
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Positive Reinforcement – Required Treatment
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Excellent research Ronny. Getting a global view of the current status will be very helpful to any folks unable to receive the PRRT in their homeland.
Big Thankyou for your continued efforts and sharing data as you receive it!!!
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