{"entity":{"id":"norcal-carcinet","kind":"institution","name":"NorCal CarciNET Community","aka":["NorCal CarciNET","Norcal Carcinet Support Group"],"tldr":"A Northern California support group for people with neuroendocrine tumours and carcinoids, which holds regular networking meetings and runs patient conferences with UCSF specialists.","summary":"NorCal CarciNET Community states that its mission is to help people with neuroendocrine tumours and carcinoids share challenges and experiences, and to bring greater awareness to the medical community and the public so that these tumours are found and treated earlier, according to its home page. The page invites people to regular meetings, including a twice-weekly community networking meeting, where newly diagnosed people can talk with others who have lived with a NET for years. It lists a 2026 Bay Area neuroendocrine carcinoma patient conference hosted by UCSF at the Mission Bay Conference Center and a collection of videos from UCSF and NorCal CarciNET community meetings. The IRS records it as Norcal Carcinet Support Group in Oakland, California, with tax exemption issued in February 2012.","asOf":"2026-11-05","links":[{"label":"NorCal CarciNET Community home page","url":"https://norcalcarcinet.org/"},{"label":"IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/452968919"}],"tags":[],"related":["neuroendocrine-cancer-foundation"],"cancers":["neuroendocrine","extrapulmonary-nec"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["ucsf"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Oakland, CA","country":"US","lat":37.804,"lng":-122.271,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://norcalcarcinet.org","programs":["Twice-weekly community networking meetings","Bay Area neuroendocrine carcinoma patient conference with UCSF","Video library of UCSF and NorCal CarciNET meetings"]},"route":"/institutions/norcal-carcinet/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"neuroendocrine-cancer-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Neuroendocrine Cancer Foundation","route":"/institutions/neuroendocrine-cancer-foundation/"},{"id":"ucsf","kind":"institution","name":"UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center","route":"/institutions/ucsf/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"extrapulmonary-nec","kind":"cancer","name":"Extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma","route":"/cancers/extrapulmonary-nec/"},{"id":"neuroendocrine","kind":"cancer","name":"Neuroendocrine tumours","route":"/cancers/neuroendocrine/"}]}}