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Fact Sheets

NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia has prepared the following Fact Sheets related to NET cancer treatments. We will be adding to this list progressively over the coming months.

If you are unsure of any information, please contact our
NET Nurse on 1300 CURE NETS or speak with your healthcare professional.

Should you require fact sheets in another language please click through to the International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance (INCA) website fact sheet area for Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish versions. Click here.

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Fact sheets

Quick Facts

This infographic fact sheet is a collation of recent statistics on Neuroendocrine Cancer in Australia.

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Table of Contents

Carcinoid Crisis

This fact sheet contains useful information about carcinoid crisis. 

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Carcinoid Crisis and Anaesthesia

This fact sheet contains useful information about carcinoid crisis and how it relates to anaesthesia.

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Carcinoid Heart Disease

This fact sheet contains useful information about carcinoid heart disease and NETs.

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Carcinoid Syndrome

This fact sheet contains useful information about carcinoid Syndrome.

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Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials

This fact sheet contains useful information about clinical trials.

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Complementary Therapies

This fact sheet contains useful information about complementary (alternative) therapies that may be considered throughout treatment

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Diagnosing Phaeochromocytomas and Paragangliomas (PPGLs)

This fact sheet contains useful information relating to Pathology Specimen Collection instructions.

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Exercise - The Facts

This fact sheet contains useful information relating to the benefits of exercise and physical activity.

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Financial Assistance
Financial Assistance

This fact sheet contains useful information about financial assistance for NET patients.

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Flushing

This fact sheet contains useful information about flushing.

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Hormonal Syndromes

This fact sheet contains useful information about hormonal syndromes linked to NETs, like pheochromocytoma (pheos) and  paraganglioma (paras).

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Liver Directed Therapies
Liver Directed Therapies

This fact sheet contains useful information about liver directed therapies for NET patients.

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Merkel Cell Carcinoma

This fact sheet contains useful information about Merkel Cell Carcinoma

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Managing Diarrhoea

This fact sheet contains useful information relating to management of bowel changes and diarrhoea due to a NET tumour or associated treatments.

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NETs and Genetics

This fact sheet helps understand there are some neuroendocrine cancers that occur due to genetic disorders or inherited conditions.

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Palliative Care & End of Life Care Resource List

Conversations about palliative care and end of life care can be difficult and sometimes confronting. This list provides services and resources available to you in your local state or territory.

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PRRT

This fact sheet contains useful information about PRRT.

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Psychological Tips and Mental Health

This fact sheet contains useful information around psychological health and well-being.

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Questions to Ask

This fact sheet contains useful questions to ask your healthcare team during consultations.

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Radiation Therapy

This fact sheet contains important information about radiation therapy and NETs

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Somatostatin Analogues (SSA) Information

This fact sheet contains important information about SSA.

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Staging and Grading of NETs

This booklet contains important information about the staging and grading of a NET diagnosis.

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Surgery
Surgery

This fact sheet contains important information about surgery and NETs.

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travel assistance
Travel Assistance

This fact sheet provides useful information if you need to travel for your NET treatment or obtain travel insurance.

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Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

This fact sheet contains useful information on how to address nutrient deficiencies that commonly occur with NETs.

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