Month: March 2018

16Mar 2018 by Ronny Allan 4 Comments

Namaste Irrfan Khan

Awareness, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer

Irrfan Khan, Indian actor and producer, well-known for movies, Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi, Jurassic World, The Amazing Spider-Man, has been diagnosed with a Neuroendocrine Cancer. What type of NET? Irrfan released information on 19 June 2018 indicating it was a high grade Neuroendocrine Cancer - although there is no detail of the 'differentiation' that would indicate a 'Neuroendocrine Tumour' (NET) or a 'Neuroendocrine Carcinoma' (NEC). There have been no confirmed reports about the primary location. Read his "Note from London" here Where is he being treated? Irrfan initially said he would be travelling "overseas" for treatment. Fox News (USA) said that "he hasn't elaborated on his treatment plan, though he did say he would be treated somewhere outside the U.S." This has been contradicted by other online sources in…

05Mar 2018 by Ronny Allan 4 Comments

RonnyAllan.NET – Community Newsletter February 2018

Awareness, Inspiration, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, Patient Advocacy, Survivorship, Technical NETs

Another great start to the year in both NETs in the news and my social media activity. It's been really cold where I am though! I'm so busy with personal contacts, I decided to set up a chat room so that other people can help me answer some really difficult questions! This 'chat rom' is not designed to run like a traditional Facebook forum, it's a place to make people feel safe and to discuss without the usual distractions and dramas that people often encounter. And .... it's about learning. I welcome all types of NET, people from any country and I also welcome carers/caregivers and medical people (I already have a few of the latter). It's also a place where I will bring in expertise to chat about various…

Another year, another flu shot. Since my cancer diagnosis, I’ve had one each year. To me it’s really important protection even though I know it’s not 100% effective, it’s better than nothing. As someone who lives with metastatic and incurable Neuroendocrine Cancer, I know that my immune system may be compromised and having got this […]

Clinical Trials – PEN-221 for Neuroendocrine Cancer

What is PEN-221? Tarveda Therapeutics is discovering and developing a new class of potent and selective precision oncology medicines for the treatment of patients with various solid tumor malignancies. Their strategy includes developing their own proprietary Pentarin miniature conjugates to enhance the effectiveness of promising anti-cancer payloads that have struggled without their selective targeting to […]

Clinical Trials – ONC201 for Neuroendocrine Cancer (including Pheo/Para)

What is ONC201? A company called Oncoceutics is developing a novel class of safe and effective cancer therapies called imipridones. Imipridones have a unique three-ring core structure and selectively target G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest class of membrane receptors and a common target of approved drugs that are underexploited in oncology. Despite being historically […]

The 5 E’s of my daytrip

Those who know about the 5 E’s of (so called) carcinoid syndrome will get the meaning of this story straight away. For those unaware of those 5 E’s, read about them here. I sometimes need motivating and it’s really easy to put off doing ‘hard things‘, instead opting for your comfort zone of staying at […]

The case of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg vs Cancer

The news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) has been treated for ‘Pancreatic Cancer’ has hit the headlines and effectively gone viral. She is not only famous for being a member of the US Supreme Court, but also because she has had many bouts with cancer. What has also gone viral, but only in the […]

Clinical Trials – Surufatinib for Neuroendocrine Cancer (SANET)

I first heard about this drug at ENETS Barcelona 2017 and then again in 2018. It’s now starting to be discussed in USA including at the 2019 ASCO and more recently in the 2019 ESMO conference. It was known then as Sulfatinib but for reasons unclear to me it was changed later to Surufatinib. It’s a […]