Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The combination of various endocrine tumours is presented both as hereditary syndromes and sporadic forms. Medullary thyroid cancer and prolactinoma are neuroendocrine tumours, the presence of these two pathologies simultaneously has not been previously described in the literature.Objective: To present a clinical case of a patient with giant prolactinoma and medullary thyroid cancer.Materials and Methods: To describe th...

Introduction: Over the last decades, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer. Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common histopathological type with often a favorable prognosis. Conventional therapies include surgical resection, adjuvant therapy with radioactive iodine, and suppressive therapy with thyroid hormones. However, the prognosis for iodine-resistant/refractory thyroid cancers or the advanced metastatic cancer is less favorable....