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Neuroendocrine Cancer Research Foundation @CureNETs

Largest private global funder of Neuroendocrine Cancer research & expert resources for patient education. Research. Education. Advocacy.

Joined December 2009
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🔬 Exciting news: We've awarded $2.8M in research grants to 13 investigators pursuing breakthrough science in neuroendocrine cancer. Read today's announcement: ow.ly/vnMM50Y55hY #NeuroendocrineCancer #NETResearch #NeuroendocrineTumor #NETs #NECs #NENs
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🚨Attention #Neuroendocrinecancer researchers: NETRF has just launched its first Early Detection Request for Applications (RFA). Letters of Intent (LOIs) Due: Monday, June 15, 2026, 5 PM ET Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/kQl750Z1a8B
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A NETRF-backed study by Carl Gay, MD, PhD, of @MDAnderson looks at how chemotherapy may lead to treatment resistance and relapse in small cell lung cancer. mdanderson.org/newsroom/rese… #neuroendocrinecancer #sclc #cancerresearch #NETs #breakthroughstodaycurestomorrow

Researchers find biomarker of chemotherapy resistance in relapsed lung cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that some cancer cells express the YAP1 protein only after treatment with chemotherapy, allowing them to survive by...

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Attention #Neuroendocrinecancer Researchers: The @NANETS Basic/Translational Science Investigator Grant sponsored by NETRF (@CureNETs) is open for applications through 6/26/26 Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/z58Z50YOekh
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NETRF is at #AACR26 in San Diego this week, with Chief Science Officer @greeneannac , Board Member Carrie Camino, and several NETRF-funded researchers raising awareness of #neuroendocrinecancer and advancing science. #NETRF #CancerResearch #NETs #NENs #NECs #PatientEducation
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Apr 10
➡️ EP-NEC patients require expert care from specialists knowledgeable in #neuroendocrine carcinoma ➡️ Generic care is insufficient to address the aggressive nature and unique challenges of this disease What else do HCPs need to know to support pts w/ extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma? 📺 Watch the video to find out From Jessica Thomas, Director of Patient Education at the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation 🤝Endorsed by @CureNETs & Minkahz NETs Mission See more of this programme: cor2ed.com/net-connect/progr… Supported by an Independent Educational Grant from Boehringer Ingelheim #MedEd #OncTwitter
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2025 Investigator Award Grantee @yuanyuan_qiao discusses her NETRF-funded research to find more effective treatments for #GEP-NETs
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University of Michigan researchers @yuanyuan_qiao and @ArulChinnaiyan have identified a new target that can suppress tumor growth in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Learn how their findings can be used to develop new treatment methods: michmed.org/VdBz7.
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Congratulations to @HuiYu95592845 Hui Yu, MD, PhD, of @CUAnschutz on her NETRF Mentored Research Award award for her research exploring how DIPNECH can progress to lung neuroendocrine tumors. Learn more: ow.ly/HQY950YzPya #DIPNECH #LungNETs #NETRFGrantee
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Tijana Jovanovic-Talisman, PhD, is among this year's NETRF Pilot Award grantees, and her work to improve diagnostics for #neuroendocrinecancer is deeply personal. Read more: ow.ly/jZHS50YyMjJ #NETRFGrantee
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The NIH/NCI Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) SPORE @UIHealthcare is accepting Letters of Concept through Mar. 23 for two funding mechanisms aimed at advancing translational NET research. Learn more ow.ly/YvgL50Yw4Fp #neuroendocrinecancer #NETresearch #grantopportunities
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Congratulations to Chiara Mazziotta, PhD, of @DanaFarber on her NETRF Mentored Research Award for her research on Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare neuroendocrine skin cancer. Learn more about Dr. Mazziotta’s research: ow.ly/MrqO50YuXuZ #NETRFGrantee #Merkelcellcarcinoma
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Reseachers: don't miss the LOI deadline - Monday, March 12. More info below.
Neuroendocrine Cancer Research Foundation@CureNETs
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🚨 NETRF 2026 RFAs are now open! New this year: dedicated funding for #translationalimmunotherapy, alongside our broad support for NEN research. 🗓 LOIs due March 16, 2026 📍 Apply via Proposal Central ➡️ ow.ly/NLa250YaqBw #neuroendocrinecancer #GrantOpportunities
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🎉Congratulations to Suzann Duan, PhD, at UC Irvine, on her NETRF Investigator Award for research exploring how aging impacts gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) Learn more: ow.ly/tQLf50Yt6BR #NETRFGrantee #Neuroendocrinecancer #GEP-NETs
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Congrats to NETRF Mentored Research Awardee Yeonghwan Kim, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University, for his research exploring why some #PanNETs resist treatment. Read more ➡️ ow.ly/7TRZ50YrPeE #NETRFGrantee #NETs #Neuroendocrinecancer
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🎉Congratulations to Kirsten Kübler, MD, PhD, on her NETRF Pilot award for her research on the impacts of metaplasia on neuroendocrine neoplasms. Read more about Dr. Kübler’s research: ow.ly/ElL650YpH1P #panNETs #NETRFGrantee #neuroendocrinecancer
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🚨 @CureNETs 2026 LOIs are due soon! New this year: dedicated funding for #translationalimmunotherapy, alongside our broad support for NEN research. 💻LOIs due March 16, 2026 📢Learn more: ow.ly/NLa250YaqBw
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🎉Congratulations to NETRF Pilot Award recipient Thomas Walter, MD, PhD (Cancer Research Center of Lyon) who is investigating PRMT5-blocking drugs in NETs in the hopes of identifying new treatments. Read more ➡️ ow.ly/mr2o50YoAVm #NETRFGrantee #neuroendocrinecancer
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2025 NETRF Investigator award winner Mauro Cives, MD, discusses his research project with @CancerNetwrk
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We spoke with Mauro Cives, MD, about his research to transition pancreatic NETS from "immunologically cold" targets to viable candidates for precision cellular immunotherapy. ⬇️ Read more here ⬇️ hubs.li/Q044x-7X0 #pancsm #PancreaticCancer #Oncology | @cives_mauro
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Congratulations to NETRF Pilot Award recipient @tianechen1 , recognized for her work to determine whether GLP-1R expression is linked to tumor aggressiveness and recurrence. Read more about Dr. Chen’s project ➡️ ow.ly/IBnk50Yne4Y #neuronendocrinecancer #NETRFGrantee
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🚨 Interested in grant funding for #neuroendocrinecancer research? NETRF RFAs are open. New this year: Targeted funding for translational #immunotherapy 🗓 LOIs due March 16, 2026 📍 Apply via Proposal Central ➡️ ow.ly/NLa250YaqBw #Researchfunding #GrantOpportunities
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Congratulations to @yuanyuan_qiao, PhD, of @UMichPath, on her 2025 Investigator Award for her research to determine how fats and cholesterol fuel the growth of GEP-NETs. Learn more: ow.ly/Umo950Yiiol #NETRFGrant #GEP-NETs #neuroendocrinecancer @UMRogelCancer
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