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Having to do with metastasis, which is the spread of cancer from the primary site (place where it started) to other places in the body. Metastasis. In metastasis, cancer cells break away from where they first formed (primary cancer), travel through the blood or lymph system, and form new tumours (metastatic tumours) in other parts of the body. The metastatic tumour is the same type of cancer as the primary tumour.

18 Aug 2015

By Ronny Allan

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Neuroendocrine…..the little suckers get everywhere!

AwarenessCarcinoid tumour, Metastatic Neuroendocrine Cancer, Neuroendocrine, Neuroendocrine cancer, Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC), Neuroendocrine tumour (NET)

UNDER REVIEW FOR REPUBLISHING USING 2025 DATA One of the key milestones in my awareness campaigns occurred when I featured as a guest blogger for one of the biggest cancer 'support' organisations in the world - Macmillan. The aim of the blog 'Sorry I'm not in service' was actually to highlight the consequences of cancer and its treatment (a Macmillan Campaign message), and to a certain extent to highlight the conflict that can often exist between work and cancer. However, it was also a fantastic opportunity for me to grab the interest of the general population with the word 'Neuroendocrine'. The response was amazing and on twitter it…

05 Dec 2014

By Ronny Allan

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Neuroendocrine Cancer – not an exact Science

Awareness, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, Patient AdvocacyAdvanced neuroendocrine cancer, Carcinoid syndrome, Carcinoid tumour, Hormones, Metastatic Neuroendocrine Cancer, Neuroendocrine, Neuroendocrine cancer, Neuroendocrine tumour (NET), Somatostatin analogues

UNDER CONSTRUCTION I've been interested in science since my school days and seem to remember it being separated into Biology, Physics and Chemistry for study and examination purposes. Biology wasn't on my radar and as I found Chemistry boring, I focused on Physics which seemed to be more 'modern' and exciting. Curiously, at the beginning of my Open University degree course some 25 years later, I found the Biology and Chemistry modules of my foundation year the most enjoyable part of the whole 6 year study. Different teaching methods? different teachers? Perhaps, but I suspect some maturity was involved plus a hunger for new knowledge. I seem to have caught the learning bug again since…

31 May 2014

By Ronny Allan

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Hadrian’s Wall Day 6 – Mission Complete!

Awareness, Inspiration, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, Travel with RonnyMetastatic Neuroendocrine Cancer, Neuroendocrine cancer, Quality of LIfe (QoL)

The final leg of the our Hadrian's Wall walk took us from beautiful Carlisle to the remote coast of North Cumbria at Bowness-on-Solway. We are staying there tonight before beginning our journey home tomorrow (via Newcastle). Amazingly our digs have a wicked view of the Scottish coastline and the setting sun - see picture above which was taken from our room. It was pretty surreal to have finished 6 days of torturous walking but also to be able to look at such a wonderful view of the country in which I was born. Some people say final leg of the…

13 May 2014

By Ronny Allan

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North of the wall is a dangerous place – you must never go there!

Living with Neuroendocrine CancerCancer grading, Cancer staging, Metastatic Neuroendocrine Cancer, Neuroendocrine

There was a 60 minute silence last night as another episode of Game of Thrones was aired. Not a Facebook post or tweet in sight. This has to be 'up there' in a list of the best TV series ever? Don't know about you but I'm sometimes confused about who is who and how they are related and/or connected! (see useful chart at the bottom of this post) Chris and I love the introduction bit. She likes the music, I like the geography. There are some obvious correlations there, e.g. 'The Wall' is meant to relate to Hadrian's Wall with…