Urgent Bite 202 - Thinking about Neuroendocrine Tumours

This week, the world's best snooker players are competing for the Paul Hunter Trophy at the Masters in London.  Paul sadly died of neuroendocrine tumours in 2006 whilst in his snooker prime.  

 

Check out the paper mentioned

Ahmed M. Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors in 2020. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2020 Aug 15;12(8):791-807. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i8.791. PMID: 32879660; PMCID: PMC7443843.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7443843/

 

Check out this blog page detailing Paul Hunter's diagnosis.  This is from the Ronny Allan blog, someone also diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer.  

https://ronnyallan.net/2020/10/09/paul-hunter-snooker-champion-and-neuroendocrine-cancer-patient-died-9th-october-2006/ 

 

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