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A small bean-shaped structure that is part of the body’s immune system. Lymph nodes filter substances that travel through the lymphatic fluid, and they contain lymphocytes (white blood cells) that help the body fight infection and disease. There are hundreds of lymph nodes found throughout the body. They are connected to one another by lymph vessels. Clusters of lymph nodes are found in the neck, axilla (underarm), chest, abdomen, and groin. For example, there are about 20-40 lymph nodes in the axilla. Also called lymph gland.

20 Oct 2023

By Ronny Allan

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My treatment is a pain in the butt!

Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, TreatmentAnticoagulant, Lanreotide, Liver metastases, Lymph nodes, Lymphatic system, Neuroendocrine, Somatostatin analogues

This title is a bit 'tongue in cheek' (....did you see what I did there?) I'm very happy to have had treatments for my stage IV cancer, I can think of far worse scenarios.When I was first diagnosed, the dreaded word 'Chemo' was discussed. Actually, Chemo isn't particularly effective in treating low grade Neuroendocrine Cancer, although I've heard of cases where it has made a difference. It's mainly used in high grade (Grade 3) but also in Grade 2, particularly at the higher end of the grading scale of KI67/Mitotic Count. I was pleased later when that was dismissed as…

24 Oct 2017

By Ronny Allan

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Round up of NANETS 2017 – Let’s talk about NETs #NANETS2017

Awareness, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, Patient Advocacy, Survivorship, TreatmentAnxiety, Appendiceal NET, Bronchial NET, Cabozantinib, Diarrhea, Fatigue, Ga68 PET/CT, Lu-177, Lutathera, Lymph nodes, NETTER-1, North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS), PRRT, Quality of LIfe (QoL), Somatostatin analogues, Somatostatin receptors (SSTR), SSTR-PET

NANETS (North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society) is one of the biggest NET conferences, bringing together NET Specialists from around the world to discuss state-of-the-art treatment modalities, new therapies, and ongoing controversies in the field of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (Tumors and Carcinomas). This is fairly complex stuff but much of it will be familiar to many. I’ve filtered out several outputs from the conference which I think are both relevant and topical to patients. The list is below allowing you to easily peruse and read further via linkages if you need to read more. Remember, some of these are extracts so do not…

12 Jul 2014

By Ronny Allan

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Finding Hotspots

Living with Neuroendocrine CancerGa68 PET/CT, Lymph nodes, Octreotide scan, Surgery, Thyroid nodule

Just back from a nice relaxing holiday in Tenerife. I don't know about you but when overseas I find myself looking for 'hotspots' everywhere I go....... I don't mean trendy entertainment venues, I'm talking about the modern phenomenon known as a WiFi signal! I also mean free and open connections. Even recent price reductions within Europe did not tempt me to use 'data' overseas and I didn't even want to take advantage of the £2 per day upgrade of my mobile phone account which would give me access to my minutes/MBs overseas on a temporary basis. I just look for free WiFi…