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What are NETs?
Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are tumours that can appear anywhere in your neuroendocrine system, which is the system that controls hormones.1
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Canadian Cancer Society. The Neuroendocrine system. Available at:https://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/neuroendocrine/neuroendocrine-tumours/the-neuroendocrine-system/?region=on Last accessed September 2020.
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CRUK. What are NETs? Available at:https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/neuroendocrine-tumours-nets/what-are-nets Last accessed September 2020.
