World NET Cancer Day was launched by the International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance (INCA) to draw urgently needed attention to neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). These uncommon malignancies arise from hormone-producing neuroendocrine cells found primarily in the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and lungs. Because symptoms such as facial flushing, persistent diarrhea, wheezing, and abdominal pain closely mimic common conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's, or asthma, patients face an average diagnostic delay of 5 to 7 years. Borrowing from the medical aphorism 'When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras', the movement uses zebra stripes to remind doctors: sometimes, it's a zebra.
World NET Cancer Day was launched by the International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance (INCA) to draw urgently needed attention to neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). These uncommon malignancies arise from hormone-producing neuroendocrine cells found primarily in the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and lungs. Because symptoms such as facial flushing, persistent diarrhea, wheezing, and abdominal pain closely mimic common conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's, or asthma, patients face an average diagnostic delay of 5 to 7 years. Borrowing from the medical aphorism 'When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras', the movement uses zebra stripes to remind doctors: sometimes, it's a zebra.
