Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Statin medication is commonly used in prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Pooled evidence shows that statin therapy is associated with increased risk of incident diabetes, but studies vary in results and there is no consensus of the diabetogenic mechanism of statins. Beta blockers and diuretics are commonly used antihypertensive agents that also have been shown to increase the risk of incident diabetes. Our objective was to examine the effects of statins, beta b...

Background: Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy known to be highly aggressive, with few specific treatment options. The objective was to evaluate clinicopathological features and outcome in patients treated at Helsinki University HospitalMethods and patients: We included all patients diagnosed with adrenocortical carcinoma (Weiss score ≥4) at Helsinki University Hospital during the years 2002 through 2017. Patients were identified...