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Know Your NETS

Virtual Conference for NET Patients and Caregivers

Saturday, October 10, 2020
9 AM to 2:30 PM ET

In-depth, practical information on living with neuroendocrine cancer. NETRF’s Know Your NETs Virtual Conference picks up where other events leave off. We will take a deep dive into the day-to-day challenges faced by those living with NETs to uncover answers from the nation’s foremost experts on neuroendocrine cancer.

Presentations by:

Blase Polite, MD

University of Chicago

New Ways to Treat NETs

Pamela Kunz, MD

Yale Cancer Center

CAPTEM Chemo Treatment

Josh Mailman, MBA

Patient Advocate
President, NorCal CarciNET

Managing Costs of NET Care and Insurance Coverage

Chandrikha Chandrasekharan, MBBS

University of Iowa

Treatment Sequencing for NETs: Where Does PRRT Fit In?

Chih-Yi “Andy” Liao, MD

University of Chicago

Side Effects of Medical Treatments for NETs and Other Health Conditions

Namrata Vijayvergia, MD

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Living with Symptoms of NETs, Managing Carcinoid Syndrome

Osmanuddin Ahmed, MD

University of Chicago

How Much Can Your Liver Take? Treating Liver Mets with IR

Heidi Connolly, MD

Mayo Clinic

Carcinoid Heart Disease

Lauren Fishbein, MD PhD

University of Colorado

Inherited Risk Factors for NETs

Robert Ramirez, DO

Ochsner Medical Center Kenner

All About Lung NETs

Maigenete Mengesha, PhD

Wellness House

Finding a Supportive Community – How NET Support Groups Can Help

Thor Haldanarson, MD

Mayo Clinic

Grade, Stage, and NET Primary Site

Luz Chavez, MS, RD, CSO, LDN

University of Chicago

Food and NETs

Xavier Keutgen, MD

University of Chicago

Conference Co-Chair
All About Functional pNETs
Surgery for NETs

Elyse Gellerman, MHS

NET Research Foundation

Conference Co-Chair

Emily Bergsland, MD

University of California San Francisco

Watchful “Learning” and Surveillance of NETs

Thank you to our educational sponsors for supporting this event.

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