Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Over the last decades, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer. Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common histopathological type with often a favorable prognosis. Conventional therapies include surgical resection, adjuvant therapy with radioactive iodine, and suppressive therapy with thyroid hormones. However, the prognosis for iodine-resistant/refractory thyroid cancers or the advanced metastatic cancer is less favorable....

IntroductionSARS-CoV-2 has caused a global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is known that this virus binds angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) of the renin-angiotensin system, which may exert substantial effects on sodium and potassium metabolism. Viral pneumonia and respiratory distress are well known etiologies for hyponatremia due to syndrome of inadequate secretion of antidiuretic hormone, and can worsen clinical course of the d...