Neuroendocrine Cancer – remission, cancer-free, no evidence of disease
This subject comes up a lot in patient groups. The heterogeneity of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (a term for both well differentiated NET and poorly differentiated NEC) tends to be forgotten as people start to make blanket statements as if it applies to every single NET patient. It becomes a rather circular discussion where certain readers might even be unnecessarily misled about their outcome casually suggested by someone who knows nothing about their diagnostic and treatment history. Part of the problem is the official cancer terms built in the 1970s remain in use today, but they do not fit the vast changes…
Opinion: Neuroendocrine Cancer – Can it be cured?
OPINION:"Cured" - In cancer, this word can evoke a number of emotions. Interestingly, not all these emotions will be as positive as you might think. If you want to spark a heated debate on a Neuroendocrine Cancer patient forum, just mention that you've been cured. I'm not taking any sides by using this statement, just stating what actually happens and the deeply held views that persist in community groups. One important factor in some of this thinking is that many people still remember the days where most diagnoses were late and many followed years of misdiagnoses for other conditions. But…