Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant endocrine tumour and represents 1% of all malignancies. Cancer Research UK in 2015 reported 3528 new cases and 382 deaths with annual incidence of 5.1 and 1.9 per 100,000 women and men respectively. The incidence is increasing globally, mostly due to papillary thyroid cancer.Ultrasound is the preferred examination with recommended U1-U5 grading system +/- fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC)...