On the occasion of Neuroendocrine Tumour (NET) Awareness Day, Dr. Sachin Sekhar Biswal, Consultant - Medical Oncology, ...

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Neuroendocrine Tumour - Dr. Sachin Sekhar Biswal | Manipal Hospital Bhubaneswar

hello everyone myself Dr Sachin SAR biswal I am working as a medical oncologist at manipal hospital baneswar uh today we are here to talk about world neuroendocrine tumor day which is celebrated all over the world on 10th of November every year uh we take this time we take this opportunity to uh discuss about neuroendocrine tumor it is a very special type of tumor it is deemed as a rare tumor uh it became it came to Limelight after some celebrities were diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumor and they got cured with proper treatment as we know neuroendocrine tumors are very slow growing so when the patient becomes symptomatic and consults a doctor for the first time the patient is usually in an advanced stage the neuroendocrine tumors entirely are divided into two types one of them which produces hormones and the symptomss are due to excessive hormone Productions are called as functioning neuroendocrine tumors and the tumors that do not release any hormones are known as non-functioning tumors functioning tumors are detected relatively early due to the secretion of hormones for example insulinoma it is a tumor which produces excess insulin and the patient suffers from recurrent attacks of hypoglycemia so this is detected a little bit earlier other neuroendocrine tumors might be detected at a later stage of uh the disease the good thing about neuroendocrine tumors is that it responds to treatment very well it is very slow growing so despite having an advanced stage the patient's life expectancy is usually not hampered uh the with proper treatment the patient's quality of life remains good good and uh the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors constitutes of injections that reduce the hormone secretions and uh control the disease for a long time [Music]

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