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What: Luncheon with the Experts presented by the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation
Who: Jaydira Del Rivero, MD, is the featured guest
When: Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time
Where: CCF’s Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/Carcinoid/. Just come to the page at noon and the program will begin. There is no need to register nor is there a special link.
For anyone not on Facebook, each of the presentations in the series is available on CCF’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/CarcinoidNETs. To receive notifications of all new videos on our YouTube channel, CLICK LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and HIT THE BELL to receive notifications each time a new video is uploaded.
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Jaydira Del Rivero, MD, is a Physician Scientist in the Developmental Therapeutics Branch of the National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research. Her research is focused on developing novel treatment approaches and targeted therapies for endocrine malignancies including advanced gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, adrenocortical cancer and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma.
Dr. Del Rivero’s clinic is part of NCI’s Rare Tumor Initiative. For the natural history studies, Dr. Del Rivero’s group collects data about the patients including demographics, clinical characteristics, familial genetics with adequate genetic counseling, patterns of disease progression, response or lack of response to therapeutic interventions, disease recurrence, and overall survival. The goal is to develop effective therapies for these cancers. Dr. Del Rivero is the Principal Investigator for the Natural History Study of Children and Adults With Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (NEN)s.
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