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@carver1164

I'm on a medication that is called a biologic that is synthesized to trick receptors into thinking it is a natural protein that my body produces. I haven't had any anti-drug antibodies produced yet but supposedly that can happen. Maybe this can happen with Lanreotide too.

My situation is different. My doctors want to go in there and cut some things out. I'm afraid to let them do that because I would need to stop the biologic I take that helps me not to have pain. I have read that the biologic I'm on is sometimes used to control a cytokine storm that sometimes happens when neuroendocrine tumors are treated.
https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2023/11/cytokine-release-syndrome
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I'm very new to neuroendocrine tumors. I am familiar with immunotherapy because I need to keep my immune system controlled so it doesn't go bonkers. I took Prednisone forever which caused hormone imbalances. Now they say my hormone imbalances are caused by my neuroendocrine cancer.

I'm wondering if prednisone caused my neuroendocrine cancer because it is a synthetic hormone.

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Replies to "@carver1164 I'm on a medication that is called a biologic that is synthesized to trick receptors..."

@dadcue To date, there is no medical evidence showing that prednisone causes neuroendocrine cancer. Neuroendocrine cancer develops from hormone producing cells. It can be functioning like mine, so the tumors can create excessive amounts of hormones. Do you know if your neuroendocrine tumor is functioning?