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Procedures?
Was diagnosed with NET last year, have been getting Lanreotide injections every 28 days plus Everolimus medication everyday Dr stopped Everolimus in September because i...
Last active: Apr 9, 2025
stage 1A Net removed from upper left lobe
I had a stage 1 nodule removed from left lobe now have a new 7mm in lower lobe 3 months after surgery and they said...
Last active: Aug 7, 2025
Life expectancy with NETs and lifetyle as it progresses
What is my life expectancy as a result of my NET? Diagnosed 3 years ago with Grade 1, Stage 4 NETs. Primary tumor is probably...
Last active: Jun 1, 2023
Straight to the liver: Anyone have NETs originating in strange areas?
I was diagnosed with NETs in 2021. My case was deemed unusual since it's only on the liver. According to my oncologist and from what...
Last active: May 3 7:04am
What does the future look like for a stage 4 NET patient?
This is my story....A lobectomy of upper right lobe of the lung in 2016 It returned in 2023 with a tumor in a lymph node...
Last active: Jan 26 7:40pm
Too good not to share
I came across a blog this morning that was “too good as not to share”. Let me preface this with the knowledge that I was...
Last active: Jan 24, 2023
How do I know somatostatin is in my system?
Good morning all. I have a question.How do I know if Somatostatin is in my system? Is it necessary for a PETSCAN Copper 64 show...
Last active: Dec 30, 2023
Neuroendocrine cells in Breast and Lungs DIPNECH
I was diagnosed with DIPNECH at National Jewish Health 3/23. Two months later, I had a lumpectomy on my breast. The pathology came back with...
Last active: Sep 16, 2024
DIPNECH diagnosis. Has anyone had radiation?
Right middle lobectomy in Nov '24 at Mayo Scottsdale. 3 carcinoids removed were all malignant and 1 lymph node involved out of 23 taken. DIPNECH...
Last active: Mar 5, 2025
What am I missing? Possible NET?
What am I missing? I have been feeling sick for 7 months, basically life has stopped. They have done many many testings on me and...
Last active: Jul 12, 2024
Large Appendiceal NET, well-differentiated
Does anyone have long term experience with larger appendix tumors? Especially women in relation to gynecological issues? My appendix tumor was well-differentiated and slow growing...
Last active: Apr 20, 2024
Anyone have a small pancreatic IPMN cyst that turned out to be cancer?
Have CT scans every 6 months to monitor both recurrent breast cancer and neuroendocrine lung cancer. CT showed 7 mm cyst that looks like side...
Last active: Oct 5, 2025
Anyone have Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI) for SCLC NETs?
I have cancer f unknown primary. Tumour in neck lymph node with histology type Neuroendocrine with suspected primary SCLC based on pathology of neck tumour.Had...
Last active: Apr 15, 2025
Recurrence with Metastasis
Hi, I was dx with pancreatic nets in 2010, had a resection in my pancreas. There were some nodules left. I had octreotide for carcinoid...
Last active: Feb 5, 2023
Has anyone had experience with a Liver Transplant that has NET cancer?
Has anyone had experience with a Liver Transplant that has Neuroendocrine NET? My wife after chemo, surgery, PRRT, etc was suggested my our medical team...
Support Group: Transplants
Last active: Feb 28, 2025
What questions should I ask oncologist tumor types and chemo treatment
77 yrs old, no symptoms, diagnosis not clear. NET found in LL lung and lymph nodes in upper LL. Dotatate G scan no involvement in...
Last active: Mar 19, 2024
First Lanreotide Injection: Any tips about diet and side effects?
Good morning, I am an 81 yr old female & was diagnosed with stage 4 NETS in my liver metastasized from my lung in Dec...
Last active: May 5, 2025
Where can I find a carcinoid syndrome specialist in Florida?!
Recently I had a positive 5-HIAA urine test and a 64 CU Dotatate PET scan that lit up parts of duodenum and found a 4mm...
Last active: Jun 16, 2023
Possible NET with No Evidence of Tumor: Mediastinal Mass
Hello All! I have had flushing for several years with alcohol, stress, emotions, heat/exercise, and some other foods. I also have cyclical diarrhea. In the...
Last active: Nov 2, 2021
NETs, Toilet Paper, a rant and a little humor
NET, the TP crisis, a rant and a little humorI’m sure the irony of the TP “shortage” is not lost on most of us. As...
Last active: Mar 27, 2023