Endocrine Abstracts

In July 2010, a 69-year-old woman presented because of a CT proven 5th lumbar vertebral metastasis of thyroid carcinoma and in August she underwent a total thyroidectomy and central node dissection. Histopathology revealed a moderately differentiated Hürthle cell carcinoma which was according to TNM classification pT3N1M1 tumor. Thereafter, a right hemylaminectomy of L5 and metastasectomy was performed in order to decompress the L5 and S1 spinal nerves. The histopathology...

Background and aims: In vitro studies on breast cancer cell lines showed that the serum of diabetic patients was stronger mitogenic when using glargine as compared to other types of insulin. The aim of this retrospective study was to examine if the patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) using insulin glargine have a higher tumor stage of breast carcinoma in comparison to patients using other types of insulin.Patients and Methods: Altogether 174 pati...