Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) has been increasing in recent years while mortality has remained stable. The cause of this increase is unclear, although several hypotheses have been proposed. While the increased incidence may only be apparent due to increased testing, there is data that suggest that there may be a real increase in incidence related to different risk factors. The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine the current incidence of TC in Europe.<...

Background: Malnutrition affects 30-50% of patients with hematological malignancies; it is due to the disease itself, the treatment-related catabolic process and chemo-or radio-therapy side effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and mucositis). Patients with poor nutritional status have increased morbidity (treatment complications, infections, mucositis) and mortality.AimTo evaluate the nutritional status of all patients that underwent hematopoietic stem ce...

Background: Gestational diabetes (GD) prevalence is increasing as the obesity epidemic continues. Its management involves hospital visits every 1–2 weeks. In 2016 our team developed a web-based telemedicine platform (SineDie©). This tool operated as a clinical decision support system designed to manage the treatment of patients with GD. SineDie© automatically prescribed diet recommendations and identified the necessity of insulin treatment....