Endocrine Abstracts

In the recent years, knowledge about cancer biomarkers has increased tremendously providing great opportunities for improving the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer patients. In clinical practice, the levels of serum calcitonin, and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) are important during follow-up for patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), routinely used in the monitoring of pancreatic, hepatobiliary, and colon carcinoma, also ...

Introduction: High BMI has been associated with an increased risk for breast cancer among premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Several biological mechanisms play a significant role in the genesis and progression of breast cancer.Material and methods: This study aimed to investigate relationship between BMI and breast cancer diagnosis or progression in a Croatian population. BMI, presence or absence of breast cancer and its clinical-pathological charac...