Corie Dean is recognized as the founder and leader of the Pacific NW Carcinoid NET Support Group from 2006 (founding) to November 2013.

CorieDeanCorie was diagnosed with carcinoid cancer in 1998 after emergency surgery in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Thanksgiving Day. She started the Washington chapter of the Pacific NW Carcinoid-NET Support Group in 2006. In that same year, Corie co-chaired the Pacific NW Carcinoid / NET Symposium in Portland, Oregon. As a result of her active involvement in understanding her cancer, over the years she counseled, informed, and comforted many carcinoid patients and their caregivers.
When her cancer began to significantly progress during 2012 and 2013, Corie traveled to Bad Berka, Germany for four PRRT treatments that enhanced and extended her life. Eventually she succumbed to the cancer in November of 2013.
Those of us who had the privilege of knowing Corie will always remember her efforts at running the support group and her energy and time spent assisting other patients.

Welcome to the new home of the Pacific Northwest Carcinoid Net Support Group.  Our group meets 3 times a year on a Saturday.

We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to send an email to us by clicking here.

Our site is a work in progress. We will have more information soon. 

Thank you NorCal CarciNet Community for hosting our site.

The next meeting is scheduled for February 10, 2024. Meeting time will be from 8am to around 1:30pm. This will be a Special meeting in the format of a Webinar presentation by NET physicians at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Fred Hutch is hosting this Internet event. The agenda for the presentation has been developed in cooperation with our support group and will be well worth your time. The agenda will be forthcoming. An invitation link will be sent to all members. If you are not a member, please contact Gary or Caryn (emails below).

 For people new to the group send an email to Caryn Jamero at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and you will be added to our email list (Listsrv).

Our support group meetings are normally on a Saturday and we start at 10am. We try to keep the meetings to no longer than 2 hours. This February meeting will be longer since we have NET Doctors presenting to the group. 

The invitation & Link to the meeting will be sent out the week before the scheduled meeting, if not sooner. 

We do not know yet when we may be able to return to the Fred Hutch Cancer Center for in-person meetings.

Videos from speakers we have had at meetings

 

2014 day of learning and support

Featuring Dr. Veena Shankaran, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Dr. Flavio Rocha, Virginia Mason Medical Center

Click below for presentations

Presentations are available.

Read more: Carcinoid/NET Patient Education Day

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