2016

PRRT & Me (Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy and Dawn Marie)

  Greetings everyone, this is is the first post in a series that I will be blogging at about my PRRT experience in Basel, Switzerland. I am a nine-year pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer survivor and will be undergoing my first treatment with Y-90. If you are curious about my history, please visit my profile page. I update that as I have new treatments. This blog will be specifically about my experience

NOLA to offer Gallium 68 Scan Study

NEW ORLEANS – Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner and the New Orleans Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialists (NOLANETS) have launched the Gallium 68 Scan Study to test the effectiveness of this diagnostic tool to detect neuroendocrine tumors. Ochsner – Kenner is the only site from Louisiana through the Florida Panhandle to offer this groundbreaking diagnostic tool in a clinical trial. While most people may not be familiar with rare neuroendocrine tumors, they

Ipsen representative to present at May 15th support meeting

Northwoods NETS is pleased to announce that Ann Collins-Hattery (RN, MS, AOCN, ARNP), a Clinical Nurse Educator, on behalf of Ipsen Pharmaceuticals will be presenting the first hour of our regularly scheduled support meeting. If you have ever had any questions about Ipsen products such as Lanreotide / Somatuline Depot, now is your perfect chance to find out more about this medication and how it can help you manage symptoms caused from