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Northwoods NETS is pleased to announce that Ann Collins-Hattery (RN, MS, AOCN, ARNP), a Clinical Nurse Educator, on behalf of Ipsen Pharmaceuticals will be presenting the first hour of our regularly scheduled support meeting. If you have ever had any questions about…
Northwoods NETs has received a request from East Tennessee State University to share a survey on coping with cancer to our community. Please see the letter and link for this survey below: Hello, my name is Jameson K. Hirsch, Ph.D.,…
NORTHWOODS NETS https://northwoodsnets.org/ info@northwoodsnets.org Contact: Dawn Marie Peterson dawnmarie@northwoodsnets.org 612.314.9997 GOVERNOR MARK DAYTON PROCLAIMS NOVEMBER 10, 2015 AS NET CANCER DAY Just a year after a Burnsville woman lost her mother to pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer—the cancer that took the…
Trey Anastasio, singer/songwriter and brother of a neuroendocrine cancer patient who succumbed to the disease six years ago, made this video to help raise awareness for rare Neuroendocrine Cancers. NET Cancer Day is November 10th. Please share and help spread information…
We are pleased to announce that Governor Dayton has proclaimed November 10, 2015 as NET Cancer Day in the state of Minnesota. This is the fourth year that he has offered his support in raising awareness for rare neuroendocrine cancers….
New results from the NETTER-1 study that compared Sandostatin LAR 60mg versus treatment with the novel peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) Lutathera have been made available. These findings, released at the 2015 European Cancer Congress, show that for patients living with…
Drugs for cancer care have become astronomically high, forcing many patients to do without. While the cost of cancer medications is increasing at an alarming rate, overall household incomes are down about 8% from a decade ago. Even patients with…
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce that a new unique tool for carcinoid/NETs patients and their caregivers is now available! The Carcinoid NETs self-care tool, powered by Health Storylines™ allows you to track your mood, symptoms, and more,…
Led by nationally renowned NET cancer physician specialists, this program will help patients be their own advocates and flow current data and information to the medical community. The topics covered during the conference are critical to the diagnosis, treatment and overall welfare…
We have a few patients in our group that have strong connections with carcinoid in their family. A new study at NIH has opened and we strongly encourage those affected to look into this. I have cut and paste an…
