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November 5th - Simron Singh, MD, MPH, FRCPC, is a medical oncologist and affiliate scientist in the Odette Cancer Research Program at Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, Canada. He is co-head of a multidisciplinary neuroendocrine clinic at Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Center, one of the first in the region. He is involved in numerous activities in the care of neuroendocrine cancer patients including the role of Ki-67 as a prognostic marker, and the utilization of health care resources in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumor patients.
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November 12th - Alexandra Gangi, MD, surgical oncologist, is Director of the Gastrointestinal Tumor Program, Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles, California. Her subspecialty within surgical oncology is gastrointestinal oncology and her clinical areas include neuroendocrine tumors, liver tumors, pancreatic cancers, and liver resection. In the area of research, she and her team are collecting tissue from primary and metastatic small bowel NETs and sequencing to see differences in epigenetic signature in these tumors.
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November 19th - Mia Tepper, MBA, is Chief Operating Officer of Inter Science Institute (ISI) in California, where she has worked for nearly 30 years. Prior to becoming COO, she was Director of Clinical Trials and Research. Mia is Co-Editor of the 4th edition of Neuroendocrine Tumors: Complete Guide to Diagnosis and Management and a reviwer and editor of the current 5th edition of the guide. She is a TACSC and UCLA Anderson Board member.
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This Facebook LIVE event will be hosted by Rain Bennett, a longtime CCF filmmaker and dear friend of the NET community. To view the program come to CCF's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Carcinoid/, at noon Eastern Time. There is no need to register and there is no special link.
Viewers are welcome to pose questions for the experts during the live program.
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And for anyone not on Facebook, each of the presentations will be available on CCF’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/CarcinoidNETs. To receive notifications of all new videos on our YouTube channel, click Subscribe and sign up to receive notifications each time a new video is uploaded.
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sponsor of the Luncheon with the Experts series
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Stay tuned to see who's joining us in December!
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The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation's educational, awareness and advocacy activities are made possible by your contributions. These crucial activities lead towards early detection, improving the quality of life for cancer survivors, and ultimately to a cure. The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All contributions to The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Thank you for your support!
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E-Mail: carcinoid@carcinoid.org
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