Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Gastrointestinal system is under the influence of excessive GH and IGF1 in acromegaly. Increased bowel length and delayed transit time may cause functional disturbence of the bowel in acromegaly. The objective of the current study is to evaluate the frequency of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in cases with acromegaly.Methods: Twenty-five active cases with acromegaly who were newly diagnosed between 2010–2011 and 16 inactive acromegaly ...

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is associated with various types of cancer. Exocrine pancreas function is also influenced by diabetes.Materials/Subjects and Methods: In this study we aimed to investigate the effect of glycemic control on tumor and inflammatory markers. Sixty eight type 2 diabetic patients, and 70 healthy controls comprised the study population. We measured fasting blood glucose (FBG), postprandial blood glucose (PPBG), serum total cholester...