Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly is associated with an increased mortality in untreated patients. Recent papers suggest an improvement of survival in the last years.Aims: To assess mortality ratio and to identify prognostic factors associated with mortality in acromegaly in the last decade.Methods: 297 patients (186 F/111 M, mean age 49.8±0.7 years) with acromegaly admitted in a single Neuroendocrinology Department between Jan 2001 an...

Aim: Following the general concern regarding the association between various diabetes treatments and cancer risk, the present study evaluated the cancer specific mortality in adult insulin-treated diabetes patients.Materials and methods: All diabetes patients residing in a major urban area, aged over 40 years and receiving insulin treatment were included at the moment of their first diabetes outpatient visit from 01/01/2001 to 12/31/2008. A total of 1136...