For 18 months I thought I had a food intolerance, or IBS as almost every time I ate I had stomach pains. The doctors couldn’t manage my symptoms well, it wasn’t until I eventually started to go jaundice they suspected gallstones, only to find a very large NET tumour on my pancreas.
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For 18 months I thought I had a food intolerance..
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Adam Martin (Northern Ireland)
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Read StoryNETs are more common than brain, ovarian, and cervical cancer and incidence is on the rise.
We need the help of our global community to raise awareness and improve diagnostic times and the quality of life for NET patients around the world.
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