Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Radioiodine (RAI) therapy is an inexpensive and reliable therapeutic option for Graves’ disease (GD). However, individual characteristics of the disease can influence therapeutic success. The identification of these factors may help to predict outcome and select optimal pre-treatment conditions.Aim: To assess clinical, laboratory and radioactive parameters that may lead to RAI treatment failure in patients with GD....

Introduction: The TNM staging system for well differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) considers tumours over 4 cm diameter limited to the thyroid or tumours with minimal extra-thyroid extension to be classified as pT3. This stage can be considered quite heterogeneous, as different clinical and pathologic characteristics seem to have distinct prognosis value.Aims: To determine prognostic factors amongst clinical, laboratorial, histologic and radiologic chara...