A person with Cancer fell into a hole and couldn’t get out……….
A person with Cancer fell into a hole and couldn’t get out. As a colleague walked by, the person called out for help, but the colleague yelled back, "Suck it up, dig deep and get on with it" then threw the person a shovel. The person accepted that advice and dug that hole deeper. A manager went by, and the person called out for help again. The manager shouted down "Use the tools your colleague has given you", but then threw down a bucket adding to the tools available. The person used the tools to dig the hole deeper still…
Breath test with the goal of detecting multiple cancers – ready to start trials
While it's a long way off becoming reality, this is quite an exciting clinical trial. I have no idea if it will pick up Neuroendocrine disease but initially, patients with suspected oesophageal and stomach cancers will be asked to try the test. Later it will be extended to include prostate, kidney, bladder, liver and pancreatic cancers. It's possible that Neuroendcorine tumours in these locations might be picked up or at least show up some abnormality that triggers further checks. The fact that Cancer Research UK is involved gives me some confidence as they tend to back the strong horses. I…
All you need to know about Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT)
Updated 11th March 2026 This update authored by many top names in the PRRT/NET world is extremely useful to bring you up to date in 2026 Lisa Bodei, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Francesco Giammarile, Marianne Pavel, Valentina Ambrosini, Richard P. Baum, Dieter Hörsch, James R. Howe, Marta Cremonesi, Ghassan El-Haddad, Yuni K. Dewaraja, Thomas A. Hope, David Taieb,Joint EANM, IAEA, and SNMMI practical guidance on somatostatin receptor-targeted radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine tumours, The EANM Journal, 2026, 100017, ISSN 3051-2921, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eanmj.2026.100017.Click here (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3051292126000047) Abstract: Somatostatin analogue-based Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) is a molecularly targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy involving the systemic administration of a…