Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroglossal duct (TGD) carcinoma is an uncommon entity, diagnosed in patients undergoing evaluation of the neck for midline swelling, or incidentally after removal of a TGD cyst. Despite the presence of multiple publications on the topic, no systematic characterization of these tumors has been performed to date.Methods: We performed a systematic search for the term “Thyroglossal duct” in Pubmed, Embase and Cochrane databases on D...

Introduction: Use of supplements (VDS) and vitamin-D measurements have been rising in the recent past globally. Despite increasing intake, our observations reveal that a large percentage of the population remains deficient (VDD). We designed the present real-world study, to address this controversy.Methods: We collected data from patients attending our clinics between March 2014 and December 2022. We recorded our subjects’ gender, age, history of VD...

Introduction: Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is an important risk factor for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in surgical series, but the role of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO) seems less clear in that regard. We designed the present study to evaluate that effect in our large patient population. Methods: We recruited subjects operated with total thyroidectomy in 4 sites (USA: 1, Greece: 3) during a period of 14 consecutive years. We gathered dat...

Introduction: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis raises the risk for thyroid cancer (TC) in surgical series, but the role of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO) remains controversial in that regard. We designed the present study to evaluate the effect of preoperative TPO titers in the risk of DTC.Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed, CENTRAand Scopus databases in November 2021 for the terms “thyroid cancer” and “TPO” or &...

Introduction: Multiple cancers have been described more commonly in patients with diabetes, and some exhibit increased aggressiveness of the tumor as well. This association has been debated with regard to thyroid cancer. With this work, we aim to clarify whether type 2 diabetes (DM2) or autoimmunity-related diabetes (type 1 diabetes+LADA=DM1) could coexist with thyroid cancers more aggressive as compared to those found in unaffected (non-DM) individuals....

Introduction: In the thyroid gland, humoral immunity manifests with thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies. In our studies, when TPO concentrations increased, thyroid cancers of follicular origin (TCFO) tended to develop less frequently.1 Other studies, though, reported an opposite trend in less aggressive cancers. The present work was designed to characterize the differential role of TPO antibodies in aggressive forms of TCFO (AGG) as compared to non-aggressive (NAG) ...