Treating neuroendocrine tumours

How a neuroendocrine tumour is treated will depend on yourindividual circumstances. For example, your treatment will depend on:

  • where the tumour is
  • how advanced your condition is
  • your overallhealth

Unfortunately, many people are only diagnosed after other parts of their body are affected. However, it may still be possible tosurgically remove the tumour, even if it has spread to other parts of your body.

If surgery can't be used to completely cure your condition, it may be used to help manage and reduce any symptoms that you have.

It may also be possible to shrink the tumour or stop further growth using treatments that block the blood supply to the tumour (embolisation),or chemotherapy , radiotherapy or radiofrequency ablation (where heat is used to destroy the cells).

The Cancer Research UK website has more information about neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) .

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Medically Reviewed by a doctor on 21 Dec 2018