Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: To evaluate the evolution of thyroid cancer epidemiological characteristics from 2004 to 2014.Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of histological data from thyroidectomies performed in our hospital in the period 2004–2014.Results: From 2004 to 2014, 2725 thyroidectomies (women 81% vs men 19%) were performed in our hospital. In 1083 of these (40%) histologic examination revealed thyroid cancer.</p...

Aim: To assess factors affecting HV during triptorelin suppression treatment for CPP.Materials and methods: Forty-six girls with CPP, with mean age at diagnosis 8.4 yrs who presented with signs and symptoms of puberty before the age of 8 years and were treated with triptorelin for at least 2 years, were studied. All girls were categorized into three groups according to the difference between bone age (BA) and chronological age (ΔBA-CA): group I with...