Weight – the NET Effect

Weight – the NET Effect

The Syndromes of Neuroendocrine Cancer – Early Signs of a Late Diagnosis

The Syndromes of Neuroendocrine Cancer – Early Signs of a Late Diagnosis

Updated 14th June 2024 The Syndromes of Neuroendocrine Cancer - Early Signs of a Late Diagnosis There are some curious things about Neuroendocrine Cancer (NETs elsewhere in the text on the basis that a hormonal syndrome is extremely rare in Neuroendocrine Carcinoma (NEC)).  One of them is that it can very often exhibit one or more vague symptoms collectively known as a 'syndrome'.  Syndrome is an apt word to describe these complications as the most general meaning in medical terms is a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder or disease".  Having a syndrome can often…
Neuroendocrine Cancer – Horrible Hormones

Neuroendocrine Cancer – Horrible Hormones

Updated and reviewed 20th March 2024 Hormonal imbalances are quite common in many conditions including day to day stuff. With Neuroendocrine Cancer, it can be a real challenge both at diagnostic and maintenance phases.  In addition to the cancer angle, there's some strange stuff going on, inexplicable, frightening for the patient, an unwanted ingredient causing chaos!Until I was diagnosed with metastatic Neuroendocrine Cancer, I didn't have a clue about hormones - it's one of those things you just take for granted. However, hormones are vital to human health (male and female) and it's only when things go wrong you suddenly…
Clinical Trial of Paltusotine, an oral somatostatin analogue for the Treatment of Carcinoid Syndrome

Clinical Trial of Paltusotine, an oral somatostatin analogue for the Treatment of Carcinoid Syndrome

Update 25th September 2025 - CrineticsCrinetics Announces FDA Approval of PALSONIFY™ (paltusotine) for the Treatment of Acromegaly in Adults- September 25, 2025Read more - click here. Learn more about PALSONIFY BY clicking here. Note:  Approval of somatostatin analogues for acromegaly normally precedes approval for NET. UPDATE 14th March 2024Results from Paltusotine CarcinoidSyndrome Open Label Phase 2 Study, A Randomized, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Dose Response of Paltusotine Treatment in Subjects with Carcinoid SyndromeHeadline:EFFICACY FINDINGS: Rapid and Sustained Reductions in Patient SymptomsSAFETY: Once Daily Oral Paltusotine Showed Positive Results inCarcinoid Syndrome PatientsEfficacy and safety findings support progressing to a…

Neuroendocrine Cancer – it can be ‘smoke and mirrors’

In a previous life, I used the term 'smoke and mirrors' quite a bit.  I was used to dealing with many different types of people, some who wanted something, some who wanted to buy or sell something. Most of the time it was overt but the devil was usually in the detail.  Sometimes there was an element of 'covertness' or a 'hidden agenda'.  It was always tricky working out the details of the hidden agenda and sometimes it was only known when it was too late.  Some of you will already be seeing where I'm going with this line of thinking -…
Somatostatin Analogues and delivery methods in the pipeline

Somatostatin Analogues and delivery methods in the pipeline

NOTE - THIS IS IN NEED OF AN UPDATE AND IS ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO DOThis is my live blog post covering new developments in the area of new Somatostatin Analogues and new delivery systems. AbstractAs most of you will be aware, there are currently two main types of Somatostatin Analogues (SSA) in use for the treatment of mainstream Neuroendocrine Tumours (NETs) - Octreotide and Lanreotide.  You can click on the links for information on both of these well-known NET treatments.  This post will focus on the not so well known and anything in the pipeline including different delivery…