Endocrine Abstracts

Vologda is situated in the North-Western region of Russian Federation. It is mostly rural – about 30% of population lives in remoted villages. One can compare Vologdàs region with Greece – same amount of land area (approximately 140000 m2), but the population density is 10 times less (8 per km2 and 85 per km2 respectively). The Vologdàs region population is approximately 1151000, the amount of Diabetes patients is 42 000 (3,7% of overall population). The te...

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate urine steroid profiles by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) to assess therapy efficacy.Patients and Methods: 39 ACC patients were examined before and after treatment. The median age was 47 years (41–60). The Weiss score was no less than 4 points. 10 patients were disease-free in the early postoperative period (up to 12 months after s...