


Diabetes – The NET Effect

Weight – the NET Effect

Neuroendocrine Cancer – tumour markers and hormone levels

Neuroendocrine Cancer – the diarrhea jigsaw

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

Somatostatinomas are functional neuroendocrine tumour that arise from tumour cells originated from specialised hormone-producing cells in the pancreas or duodenum (first part of small intestine).
is a very rare type of NET, with an incidence of one in 40 million persons. These tumours produce excess somatostatin arise from the delta cells in the pancreas, although these cells can also be present in duodenal/jejunum tissue where approximately 40% of these tumours occur. Somatostatin is a naturally occurring peptide that inhibits the function of almost all gut hormones
(author’s note – this fact should give you an appreciation of how somatostatin analogues tackle associated syndromes whilst giving you certain side effects as a result!)
Too much somatostatin may cause: