Continuing a 60-Year Legacy
- NCF Team
- Mar 1
- 2 min read
Dear Neuroendocrine Cancer Community,
For six decades years, the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation (CCF) has been a pillar of education, advocacy, and support for the neuroendocrine tumor (NET) community. Founded by the late Dr. Richard R.P. Warner, CCF helped shape the modern landscape of NET patient education and touched countless lives.
The Neuroendocrine Cancer Foundation (NCF) now enters a new chapter as we carry forward this legacy. We have been entrusted with continuing programs and resources that have supported patients and families for decades. Serving as the successor to this 60-year foundation is both an honor and a responsibility we do not take lightly.
We are grateful for the trust placed in NCF to steward this work and build upon Dr. Warner’s vision. That trust reflects a shared commitment to ensuring people affected by neuroendocrine cancer have continued access to reliable information, compassionate support, and meaningful connection.
Our mission remains clear: no one facing neuroendocrine cancer should feel alone. We will continue providing trusted education, patient support, and community engagement while investing in initiatives that advance care, awareness, and quality of life.
How We Will Continue This Important Work
Over the past two years, NCF has worked alongside CCF to ensure continuity of support through the patient support line, the Luncheon with the Experts (LWTE) webinar series, Stories of Hope, and other educational initiatives. These programs will continue under NCF.
Neuroendocrine Cancer Provider Directory
Building on CCF’s “Find a Doctor” database, NCF is partnering with the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) to combine two specialist databases into a single, comprehensive Neuroendocrine Cancer Provider Directory. This unified, up-to-date resource will help patients and caregivers connect with experienced specialists and is planned for launch later this year.
LWTE Webinars, Stories of Hope, and Support Line
These cornerstone programs will continue under the NCF umbrella.
We invite you to stay connected and engaged with our community:
We extend our sincere gratitude to CCF for its decades of service and to CCF's CEO Keith Warner, and COO Grace Goldstein (retired in 2022), for ensuring Dr. Richard Warner’s legacy continues. We also thank you—the neuroendocrine cancer community—for your continued trust as we carry this work forward.
With respect and gratitude,
Other Resources
To Grace and Keith:
You always gave the impression that your hard work was "a labor of love". Your willingness to sacrifice all your efforts on behalf of NET patients carried forward the vision that burned in Dick Warner's heart. I know because I witnessed the intellectual passion and personal compassion that motivated Dick every day! So many of us in the NET community were invited by this great man to participate as fellow warriors. Thank you, Keith and Grace, for your willingness to be key players in the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation leadership. You made it possible for Richard RP Warner to be the complete physician/scientist he was and for his patients and colleagues to benefit so greatly fro…