Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly is a neuroendocrine disorder caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH). Current treatment includes surgery, radiotherapy and drugs like somatostatin or dopamine receptor agonist. In spite of combination of therapies cure rate is dismal. There is a quest for new therapeutic targets with optimal efficacy, least side effect without any cost constraints. Recently, a few reports have shown that tyrosine kinase inhibitor (Imatinib) causes growth f...