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CANCER TYPE > NEUROENDOCRINE > OVERVIEWQ&As on this topic
1. My husband has been told he has a neuroendocrine tumour of his pancreas. Can you tell us what this means?
last reviewed: 21.03.2005
2. My brother was found to have carcinoid tumour when he had his appendix removed last month. Is this serious?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
3. My father has written to me to say that he has been told he has carcinoid syndrome. Can you tell me what this is?
last reviewed: 13.01.2006
4. My father has liver secondaries from a carcinoid tumour and has the carcinoid syndrome. He has been having a drug called octreotide for some months which has helped but he is now getting worse. Can anything be done?
last reviewed: 16.03.2005
5. My partner has been told she has a paraganglioma. Can you tell us more about it?
last reviewed: 17.01.2006
6. I have a neuroendocrine cancer that has spread to my liver. I have heard of a treatment called chemo-embolisation. What is this?
last reviewed: 12.01.2007
7. What is a phaeochromocytoma and how is it treated?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
8. Can paragangliomas be inherited?
last reviewed: 04.05.2006
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