Professor Dermot O’Toole began his new NET clinic in St Vincent’s Hospitel on Friday September 20th. The first patient seen was Mr Tom O’Donohue from Tippperary seen here with (l-r) Mr Justin Geoghegan, Prof. Dermot O’Toole, Mr Tom Donohue, Prof. Donal O’Shea and Ms Lisa Cullen.
Professor Dermot O’Toole was appointed as National Clinical Lead for Neuroendocrine Tumours by the NCCP. This is an important step on the road to establishing a Centre of Excellence for NETs treatments in Ireland. The video below is a record of the event at which this appointment was announced on June 6th, 2013 in St … Read more
The NCCP have appointed Prof. Dermot O’Toole as National Clinical Lead of the Irish Neuroendocrine Tumour Group as part of their national strategy for NETs treatment in Ireland. Professor O’Toole will lead a project to develop a National Programme for Neuroendocrine Tumours involving the designated cancer centres in Dublin, Cork and Galway. This is a … Read more
NET Patient Network officially launched its website at a joint event with the NCCP in St. Vincent’s Hospital on June 6th. The NCCP announced the appoinment of Prof. Dermot O’Toole as National Clinical Lead of the Irish Neuroendocrine Tumour Group. The event was videotaped and will be made available online shortly. This was a great … Read more
A new professionally designed website has been launched by NET Patient Network to provide more medical information, particularly with an Irish focus. The new website allows us to better inform NET patients of news and events, to provide a smoother registration facility and to establish an active and helpful community of Irish NET patients.
NET Patient Network has written to Dr John Devlin, Deputy CMO at the Department of Health, with a view to having Neuroendocrine Tumour disease included in the HSE Longterm Illness Scheme. We will continue with our efforts to have NETs included in this scheme.
In the UK, a wallet sized card was produced by the NET Patient Foundation for NET patients to carry on their person. The purpose of this card is to identify the holder to medical personnel as a NET patient who might suffer a carcinoid crisis in the event of having to receive emergency surgery or … Read more
A new NET nurse specialist, Ms Lisa Cullen, has been appointed and is now in place in St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin best project management software. This appointment is part of the strategy to create a NET Centre of Excellence. The new nurse specialist is shared between NETs and Liver Cancer support and operates every Thursday … Read more
Many NET patients are concerned with the possibility of suffering from a carcinoid crisis during surgery as a result of receiving an anesthetic. Carcinoid crisis can be catastrophic if the medical staff are not prepared for such an event. Preparation requires the availability of sandostatin injections to prevent or combat carcinoid crisis if it should … Read more
The NCCP (National Cancer Care Program) has selected Neuroendocrine Tumours as one of the rare cancers that it wishes to examine as part of the restructuring of cancer care in Ireland. At a conference in Trinity College in November, the NCCP, the HSE and medical professionals in Ireland were joined by recognised international specialists in … Read more
