So, it’s been a ridiculously long time since I posted and for that, I am sorry. I meant to update in May as a one-year anniversary of my first round of treatment and I was still slogging through some side effects. If you remember from the last time, I posted about my third round of treatment being a doozy. It was, and maybe, still is. Let me explain. The double
There are a number of ways that patients suffering with neuroendocrine tumors and cancer have their disease diagnosed and monitored. Bloodwork The standard marker for neuroendocrine tumors is chromagranin A (sometimes abbreviated Cga). But there are a number of other markers that true neuroendocrine specialists use to help determine disease progression. These tests are things like: Serum Serotonin Neurokinin A Pancreastatin In the case of pancreatic neuroendocrine primaries, tests could
