Neuroendocrine Tumors
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Diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor at 38, Lorie Kirkman found treatment that supported her quality of life at Mayo Clinic.
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Robert Sobotka writes about being diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors and his search for improved quality of life.
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A neuroendocrine tumor is a tumor that forms from cells that release hormones into the blood in response to a signal from the nervous system. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET) occur in the hormone-producing cells of the pancreas.
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When Jay Elsten's neuroendocrine tumors no longer were responding to traditional treatment, Mayo Clinic offered him a recently approved nuclear medicine therapy. Within a week, Jay's symptoms were gone.