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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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