Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundCushing’s disease (CD) is caused by high levels of blood cortisol resulting from excess secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from an anterior pituitary corticotroph adenoma. Clinical manifestations include diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and depression. If untreated, CD has an increased mortality of five-fold owing to cardiovascular comorbidities, stroke or raised vulnerability to infection. Currently, transsphenoidal surg...

Background: Symptom management is a cornerstone of clinical care, particularly for patients with cancer. However, often patient’s symptoms go undetected by health care providers between clinic visits. Mobile health applications are increasingly used in oncological care to support cancer patients.Aims: To develop a patient focussed mobile application to enable patients to track symptoms, record quality of life, communicate with their clinical teams a...