Why was the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation founded?
The Caring for Carcinoid Foundation was founded to discover a cure for carcinoid. Nancy O’Hagan, Founder and President, was diagnosed with metastatic carcinoid cancer in June 2000 at age 29. The cancer occupies most of her liver and bones. Nancy also has Carcinoid Syndrome, a group of symptoms that includes attacks of severe flushing. As a carcinoid patient, Nancy knows the lonely feeling of fighting a cancer without any available cure. Today’s carcinoid treatments are not proven to regress or eliminate carcinoid tumors. The reason is that they do not target the genetic causes of carcinoid. Therefore, Nancy and her husband, Patrick, founded the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation to discover a cure for carcinoid. To accomplish this mission, the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation supports research to unlock the genetic causes of carcinoid and develop new, genetically-targeted therapies. Nancy and Patrick’s goal is to bring hope to fellow carcinoid patients, families, and friends and contribute
