Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) patients are the fastest growing population of cancer patients, hence we wanted to assess if there are gaps in patient knowledge and awareness of their disease. To improve our understanding of the factors affecting patient knowledgeability, we looked at their educational level, satisfaction with educational materials provided at initial diagnosis, other sources used for awareness, and their level of accessibility to education materials ab...

Background: Neuroendocrine tumors are a rare group of cancers. The median overall survival of these patients is ~10 years, presenting a unique issue of accrued financial distress over a long period of time. We attempted to look at the potential determinants of financial distress in NET patients, focusing on their demographics, comorbidity burden, educational status and tumor symptoms.Methods: A total of 155 patients have been enrolled in the Roswell Park...