Update of one of my posts from 2015 which was interesting in that year. This is not really about a treatment which is available everywhere but was a novel approach by one of the world’s most gifted and innovative NET surgeons. Please note this is not a nutrition post! One of my daily alerts brought […]
Every day is a learning day in NET! When I was diagnosed in 2010, my Oncologist sent me for a specialist scan that would help confirm my staging definition and to document anything that might not have shown up on CT. This was described as an Octreotide Scan (somatostatin receptor scintigraphy) (now mostly replaced by […]
Edited and checked April 2024 One of the unusual aspects of Neuroendocrine Cancer is that chemotherapy is not normally considered as a ‘standard of care’ or first-line treatment, unlike many other cancers. One exception is high grade (Grade 3) where it is very often a first and/or second-line therapy. This is particularly the case with […]
OPINION – There’s a constant debate regarding the validity of the term ‘Carcinoid‘. I’ve posted about this a few times and as far as I know, the debate has been raging for some years. This post was originally generated in April 2015 (and hasn’t changed that much!). EDIT MARCH 2024. There is now a consolidated Endocrine/Neuroendoceine […]
Graphic courtesy of SoBadAss.me (Sam Cleasby) In 2014, Chris and I walked 84 miles along Hadrian’s Wall on the English/Scottish border. It was a fantastic experience, and we met some really interesting people on our 6-day journey. On the 4th night, I encountered a lady who was pretty rude. I wanted to say something, but I […]
