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Ask the Doctor

The Caring for Carcinoid Foundation (CFCF) offers members of the carcinoid / NET community the opportunity to pose questions directly to leading physicians.  Answers will appear in CFCF's E-Updates.

The Ask the Doctor section is a great place to go to find answers to the questions that you can't find elsewhere.

To Ask the Doctor:

1. Check below to learn about the physician currently on call
2. Submit your questions to askthedoctor@caringforcarcinoid.org by the listed deadline
3. Subscribe to CFCF’s E-Updates for answers to your questions

CFCF is deeply grateful to all the physicians who have helped educate and support the global carcinoid / NET community.

 Unfortunately, E-mails that ask for medical advice about an individual's personal medical situation cannot be answered.  Please see CFCF's User Agreement for more information.

Off Call

• Aaron Vinik, MD, PhD, FCP, FACP
• Scientific Director, Department of Internal Medicine, Strelitz Diabetes Center
• Biography
• Ask the Doctor Topics
•     Endocrinology and the role of biomolecular markers in neuroendocrine tumors.

Off Call

• David Metz, M.D.
• Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Biography
• Ask the Doctor Topics
•     Pancreatic Endocrine Tumor disease progression, treatment and current research.
• Click here to read Dr Metz' most recent paper on Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors.
• Click here to read Dr Metz' answers to your questions.

Off Call

• R. Edward Coleman, M.D.
• Professor of Radiology and Director of the Division or Nuclear Medicine at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC)
• Biography
• Ask the Doctor Topics
•     Treating and Imaging NETs using Radiolabeled Molecules
•     MIBG Imaging and Therapy at DUMC
• Click here to read Dr. Coleman's recent blog about radiolabeled molecules and NETs
• Click here to read Dr Coleman's answers to the questions submitted by you and your fellow patients.

Off Call

• Daniel Chung, M.D.
• CFCF, Board of Scientific Advisors
• Clinical Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics Department at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Biography
• Ask the Doctor Topics
•     Role of Hoxc6 in GI Carcinoid;
•     GI Cancer Genetics; or
•     the September 2007 NCI NET Conference.
• Click here to read Dr. Chung’s recent blog describing his discovery of a novel pathway that underlies the molecular pathogenesis of GI carcinoid tumor formation.
• Click here to read the publication summarizing the 2007 NCI NET Conference.
• Click here to read Dr. Chung´s answers to questions submitted by you and your fellow patients.

Off Call

Suzanne Dixon, M.P.H, M.S., R.D.

• Registered Dietitian, Epidemiologist
• Vice President, Nutrition, P4 Healthcare and Caring4Cancer.com
• Website
• Ask the Doctor Topic: Nutrition
• Click here to listen to Suzanne Dixon’s Expert Interview on Nutrition for Carcinoid/NET patients
• Click here to read Suzanne Dixon’s answers to questions submitted by you and your fellow patients

Off Call

Matthew Kulke, M.D.

• Co-Chairman, CFCF Board of Scientific Advisors
• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Biography
• Ask the Doctor Topic: Science and Clinical Treatment
• Click here to read Dr. Kulke’s recent blog highlighting progress in the field of neuroendocrine tumor research
• Click here to read Dr. Kulke’s answers to questions submitted by you and your fellow patients

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Sign up for free CFCF E-Updates Email:

Click HERE to read Nancy Lindholm's new blog.

Click HERE to read Lauren Erb's recap of CFCF's recent Research Symposium.

Click HERE to read "Living Well with Carcinoid", a nutritional guide by Jodi Newson, MS, RD, CSO.

Click HERE to read the CURE review of CFCF Board Member Carrie Host's cancer memoir, "Between Me and the River".

Click HERE to read Carrie Host's short essay on healing, titled "The Light Side of Darkness".

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