European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society e.V. (ENETS)

The European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) was founded in 2004 and currently has more than 1,500 members. ENETS members come from a variety of different medical fields, including oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nuclear medicine, pathology, radiology, surgery, and basic/translational science.

ENETS is committed to raising awareness and enriching research, education, scientific collaboration in the field of NETS.

ENETS offers numerous comprehensive and accredited educational programmes on NET disease, diagnosis, and treatment, in the form of conferences, webinars, and e-learning. The programmes are designed for health-care professionals by leading experts in the field.

Mission:
• ENETS endeavours to facilitate best standards of care to NEN patients worldwide.
• They strive to increase knowledge and awareness of NEN in all healthcare systems, improve early diagnosis of NEN, enable patients to be referred to NEN specialist centers, and monitor and audit the standards of care in NEN centers.
• ENETS stimulates and fosters NEN research worldwide.

Vision:
ENETS has been a pioneering group in international research, collaboration, and education in the NET field. Through our collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to NET we strive to increase awareness in the field and seek to improve all aspects of management and quality of life for patients with NENs.

Aims:
• Improve the diagnosis and therapy of patients with neuroendocrine tumors in an international, inter-disciplinary and scientific context
• Co-ordinate research at European hospitals and health research institutes, with an emphasis on basic and clinical research for the diagnosis and treatment of NEN
• Foster the exchange of knowledge for young investigators
• Support collaborative scientific projects of excellence
• Further develop standards for the accreditations of ENETS Centers of Excellence
• Offer comprehensive education and training for physicians and scientists at annual scientific and educational meetings, and through standardised postgraduate training
• Further endorse the ENETS database and Centers of Excellence throughout Europe
• Focus on writing and updating NET guidelines for all aspects of NET care including treatment and standards of care, which will be published in medical and scientific journals
• Co-operate with the pharmaceutical industry for the development of new diagnostic, therapeutic, and information technologies
• Communicate with and inform patient advocates and patient self-help groups.