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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
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Updating about My Lanreotide Injections & CT Scan
As I promised I would after 3 months of lanreotide injections I’m reporting the results of my oncologist’s CT scan with contrast to determine whether...
Last active: Jun 15, 2024
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NETs with Liver metastasis: starting lanreotide injections
Had what I thought was a bad stomach bug, turned out to be a neoindicrine tumor blocking my small intestine with lymph node involvement. Had...
Last active: Nov 1, 2025
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Lanreotide side effects: Anyone having GI issues?
4 yrs ago routine prostate MRI showed nets in my Ilium of small intestine, surgery 2022 to remove 2 feet of small intestine and about...
Last active: Jan 11 10:11am
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Anyone had positive results from Lanreotide injections?
Has anyone had positive results from Lanreotide injections? Tumors in remission or shrinking?
Last active: Dec 2, 2025
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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
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Anyone have side effects after Lanreotide injection?
I have been doing injection for a year now but as of a few months ago after the injection I am feeling very sluggish, and...
Last active: Jun 26 9:14am
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Lanreotide side effects: diarrhea constipation, what to do?
My partner was diagnosed w a stage 4 grade 2 pancreas origin NET. She has started lanreotide & is having diarrhea and then very bad...
Last active: Jun 14, 2025
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Facial and lip sores from lanreotide injections for NETs?
NET monthly Samotuline Depot injections seem to cause increasing sores on face and around exterior lips. Help!
Last active: Feb 4, 2025
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Several inoperable paragangliomas, on lanreotide, now big mass
last scan showed huge mass in mediastinum, biopsy showed sarcoid-like reactivity to malignancy but no one has put eyes on it, coming to Mayo in...
Last active: Oct 4, 2025