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Newly Diagnosed Pancreatic NET awaiting Distal Pancrectomy
Hello, recently diagnosed with Pancreatic NETS. Unsure of type other FNA which listed grade 1 and KI67 @ .97%. Scheduled for body and Distal surgery...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Apr 12, 2024
Well differentiated Neuroendocrine Grade 2 in rectum
Hi there, I was recently diagnosed with a Neuroendocrine tumor in my rectum. After a rectal biopsy and correlating morphology and Immunohistochemistry, the diagnosis was...
Last active: Mar 25, 2025
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
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
Keep Fighting
My wife and I visited with one of my doctors on my Mayo care team yesterday. We reviewed my recent tests. The CAPTEM chemo is...
Last active: Apr 17, 2023
Anyone have anything to share on Neuroendoscopic SCLC? In hospice
Up until recently I have been posting under Blood disorders, because I was overloaded with IV iron infusions by a careless doctor who gave me...
Support Group: Lung Cancer
Last active: Mar 16 4:53pm
Has anyone had the peritoneal stripping surgery?
I was diagnosed with a small bowel obstruction (SBO) in 2022 that turned out to be Stage 2 NETS. Had surgery & did fine until...
Last active: May 10, 2025
Did anyone else have a long struggle to getting a NETs diagnosis?
After being tested for one year at my local hospital gastro department, I was finally sent to the UK MARKEY Cancer Center in Lexington Ky...
Last active: Jan 18 1:36pm
Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Immunotherapy while on antirejection meds
I was diagnosed with MCC and had surgery and followed with 30 treatment of radiation on the right side of my head, cheek and neck.The...
Last active: Jun 6, 2025
Interested in your experience with treatments of PRRT vs surgery
I am grade 2 metastatic to the liver of unknown origin. diagnosed in Oct 2024. Dr suspects it originated in the GI Track. Octreotide has...
Last active: Aug 8, 2025
Recently Diagnosed with Duodenal Neuroendocrine Tumor Grade 1
Hello everyone, looking for some help and information. I have recently diagnosed with duodenal neuroendocrine tumor Grade 1 as per Endoscopy biopsy report. After that...
Last active: Nov 6, 2023
New PNET Question Re: Surgery (I'm in bit of a pickle)
Hello, I’m 90 days post-diagnosis with a G1 (non-functional) pancreatic malignant neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) on my pancreas, measuring 1.3 cm (CT scan on 4/23 showed...
Last active: Aug 7, 2025
Is everyone with pNETs on creon?
Hello. I’m thinking this may have been discussed before. Sorry if I’m asking an old question Is everyone with a pNET on Creon. Pancreatic enzymes...
Last active: Apr 26, 2024
Statistics on progression free survival while on SSA / Lanreotide
I have had a full whipple in March 2019. In March 2023 I was diagnosed with neuroendocrine liver metastases (NELM), Grade 2. Since June 23...
Last active: Feb 19, 2024
Diagnosed with Stage 4 pNET: What should I know?
It turns out that my husband has actually had this since at least 2014 when he had most of his pancreas removed as well as...
Last active: Sep 21, 2023
Carcinoid Cancer and working
Hi my name is Audra and I was diagnosed with Carcinoid Cancer in 2016. I drove myself to the ER with severe pain and had...
Last active: Jul 31, 2018
Ankle swelling with pain while on Everolimus for PNET
Started Everolimus for pancreatic Neuroendocrine cancer with Mets to liver and bone diagnosed four years ago. Was 49 when diagnosed. Had TACEx4, IV radiation(PRRT) x4,...
Last active: Aug 7, 2025
PNET on tail of pancreas with numerous bilobar hepatic metastases
After eight years (yes, eight years/ ten doctors) of chasing ULQ abdominal and back pain, I recently received a diagnosis of an ill-defined, well differentiated,...
Last active: Jan 28, 2024
Lanreotide Question: Why start before the next scan?
I was surprised this morning by an unexpected call from my surgical oncologist. I saw him mid-January and after another MRI (I had one in...
Last active: Feb 15, 2025
Any tips about Cytoreductive, debulking Surgery?
I have been referred for cytoreductive/debulking surgery (at Mayo Jacksonville) because my scans show unexpected, fairly significant progression of the disease. I meet with the...
Last active: Oct 24, 2024