Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The increased risk of cancer in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) creates an interest in finding mechanisms of the possible association of antidiabetic drugs and carcinogenesis. Metformin has the most documented evidence of pleiotropic oncoprotective effects, including increased stabilization of tumour suppressor p53, inhibition of NF-κB activation, slowing of the cell cycle and inhibition of mitosis due to decreased expression of cyclin D and cyclin E, a...

Purpose: Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most common endocrine cancer worldwide, affecting mainly women of the reproductive age. However, no data exist with regard to its association with endometrial or uterine disorders. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of hyperproliferative pathology of the reproductive system in female TC survivors.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in female patients, aged 20-45 years, diagnosed with papillary TC (PTC) ...