Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0082wd7 | Workshop D: Disorders of the adrenal gland | SFEEU2022

A rare endocrine complication of immunotherapy in lung cancer

Virgo Elena , Joseph Stonny

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the world with the leading position as a cause of oncological fatality. The immunotherapy is applied as the second line of chemotherapy, and seems a breakthrough therapy, promising a better quality of life to patients in the late stages of cancer. Pembrolizumab (also, known as MK-3475 or Keyruda) is a humanised antibody PD-1 receptor or antibody to programmed death ligand one. Side effects considered as acceptable and mostly pres...

ea0086p2 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular | SFEBES2022

Radiological and biochemical assessment of adrenal incidentalomas need improving to prevent unnecessary follow up

Bhola Shalini , Yin Yin , Virgo Elena , Liu Sky , Joseph Stonny

Background: Adrenal incidentalomas often pose a clinical conundrum when identified radiologically. The direction of management is often based on findings on imaging and biochemistry. To aid management, the European society for Endocrinology (ESE) recently published guidelines. Aims and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 142 patients with identified adrenal incidentalomas between April 2020 and April 2021 in East Kent Hospitals University N...