National Centre for Neuroendocrine Tumors nominated "Centre of Excellence" by ENETS

From the ceremony
From the ceremony
National Centre for Neuroendocrine Tumours at Oslo University Hospital has been nominated "Centre of Excellence" by the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS).

In 2010, ENETS received nearly two dozen applications from institutes across Europe, seeking Center certification. National Centre for Neuroendocrine Tumours were among the ten finally selected.

This network of centers allows NET patients to seek specialists who can best treat them, and serve to unify the care and research being conducted in the NET field across Europe.

In 2007, the ENETS Executive Committee agreed to form a task force to investigate the feasibility of establishing Centers of Excellence. A network of centers would allow NET patients to seek specialists who could best treat them, and would also unify the care and research being conducted in the NET field across Europe.

In 2010, ENETS received nearly two dozen applications from institutes across Europe, seeking Center certification. Twelve were selected to begin the rigorous certification process. Among the ten that then were selected is the National Centre for Neuroendocrine Tumours at Oslo University Hospital.


From the ceremony:

(From left): Espen Thiis-Evensen (Section for Gastroenterology), Philippe Ruszniewski (chairman ENETS), Deidi Ann Bergestuen (Section for Gastroenterology), Øystein Mathisen (Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery)

 
(Front row, from left): Deidi Ann Bergestuen (Section for Gastroenterology), Sven-Petter Haugvik (Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery), Mona-Elisabeth Revheim (Department of Nuclear Medicine); (back row, from the left): Jan Gunnar Fjeld (Department of Nuclear Medicine), Øystein Mathisen (Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery), Espen Thiis-Evensen (Section for Gastroenterology).


Links:

News article (in Norwegian) about the nomination from the web pages of Oslo University Hospital

ENETS Centers of Excellence (from the home page of ENETS)

More information about the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society : see www.enets.org.