Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare and their clinical behavior and prognosis correlates with mitotic rate and Ki-67 index. Most patients with advanced NET have liver metastases unresectable and somatostatin analogues are the initial therapy of choice but when disease progresses despite treatment and there are positive somatostatin receptors, peptide receptor radioligand therapy (PRRT), using lutetium-177, is a therapeutic option.Clinical...

Advanced differentiated thyroid carcinoma (aDTC), herein defined as locally unresectable and/or metastatic, is one of the most common late-stage endocrine neoplasias. However, available data about its natural history are limited. ERUDIT is a multicenter, observational, retrospective study of patients diagnosed with aDTC in Spain and Portugal. The study describes its natural history from the initial diagnosis until the advanced stages, focusing on specific characteristics of th...