Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly – a serious debilitating disease resulting in decreased quality and length of life. Due to the late nature of the diagnosis, the lack of prospects for a surgical or non-radical adenomectomy leads to a somatostatin analogues (SA) treatment as primary or secondary therapy, which is a long-term, sometimes lifelong. Therefore, the question of tolerability and prevention of life-threatening complications for these patients is very important. Since the ...