Don’t believe the hype – Neuroendocrine Cancer Myths debunked
Awareness, Diet and Nutrition, Inspiration, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, Patient Advocacy, Survivorship, Treatment
Edited and refreshed 5th June 2023 OPINION There's a lot of inaccurate and out-of-date information out there. Some are just a lack of understanding, and some are caused by out-of-date websites. Often the problem is a result of patient forum myth spreading exacerbated by poor moderation in the groups concerned. Some can only be described as propaganda. Some of it even comes from uninformed doctors and bizarrely and disappointingly from NET advocate organisations. All the graphics below contain links to relevant blog posts. Myth 1: All Neuroendocrine Neoplasms will metastasise Simply untrue. They are a heterogeneous group of tumours. Read more here [caption id="attachment_38543" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Click on the picture to read more[/caption] Myth 2: All Neuroendocrine Tumours are terminal Not true. By any definition of the word terminal in…
