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New NETWise Podcasts on NET Sites

Beginning in August, the NETWise podcast is putting together primary site-specific episodes. NETs can arise almost anywhere in the body, but most start in the gastrointestinal tract, lung, and pancreas.

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A Look at Lung NETs

Approximately 20% of all primary lung tumors are neuroendocrine (Hung 2019), including: Typical carcinoid (TC) Atypical carcinoid (AC) Small cell carcinoma (SCC) Large cell carcinoma

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Staying Safe from the Flu

Living with cancer increases your risk for complications from influenza (“flu”). If you have cancer now, have had cancer in the past, or live with

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NETRF launches NETWise podcast

Physicians discuss the basics of NET diagnosis, classification, and progression. Particular attention is paid to the frequency of misdiagnosis. Two patients share their stories of delayed NET diagnosis and treatment due to the misidentification of symptoms.

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Ga-68 Dotatate PET/CT Scan for Neuroendocrine Tumors

If you’ve ever been tested for eyeglasses, you know how one lens can create grainy, foggy images and the next crisp, clear letters. That’s the kind of difference you can see between the Gallium-68 PET/CT scan and prior technology. But are these newer imaging techniques better? And who stands to benefit most from them?

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