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ea0049ep146 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2017

Glucose metabolism abnormalities and insulin resistance are frequent in well diferentiated digestive NETs

Santos Ana P , Santos Ana C , Castro Clara , Raposo Luis , Torres Isabel , Henrique Rui , Monteiro Mariana P , Cardoso M Helena

Introduction: Incidence of Digestive NETs (DNETs) has increased in the last 40 years. Visceral obesity, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and insulin resistance (IR) have been associated with several types of cancer.Aim: To evaluate possible associations of obesity, hyperinsulinemia and IR with well-differentiated (WD) DNETs through a case control study.Materials and methods: Ninety-six patients with gastrointestinal (75.0%) and pNET (22.9...