ea0041ep890 | Pituitary - Clinical | ECE2016
Kaldrymidis Dimitrios
, Papadakis Georgios
, Tsakonas Georgios
, Kaldrymidis Philippos
, Flaskas Theofanis
, Seretis Andreas
, Pantazi Eleni
, Kostoglou-Athanassiou Ifigenia
, Peppa Melpomeni
, Roussou Paraskevi
, Diamanti-Kandarakis Evanthia
Introduction: Several studies have suggested that patients with acromegaly have an increased risk of thyroid, colorectal, breast and prostate tumors. We determined the prevalence of malignant neoplasms in patients with acromegaly in a single Greek Centre during the years 19952015.Methods: We evaluated cancer risk in a cohort of 110 patients (M/F 48/62, age 58.63±13.8 years, range 3086) with acromegaly. Mean age at diagnosis of acromegaly...