Endocrine Abstracts

Phaeochromocytomas (Phaeo) and paragangliomas (PGL) are rare catecholamine producing tumours. It can be difficult to predict their malignant potential and patients can sometimes present with metastatic disease many years after their original diagnosis (1). Therefore, we offer a single dose of adjuvant 131I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) to subjects felt to be at higher risk of local recurrence (demonstration of capsular or vascular invasion on pathol...

A 64-year-old man (HM) was admitted to our local hospital with transient dysarthria and right hemiparesis; formal blood glucose was 2.2 mmol/l on admission. During his in-patient stay, he had frequent episodes of hypoglycaemia. Further questioning revealed a 4 week history of recurring dizzy spells which improved on eating.Cerebral imaging and adrenal function were normal and so the patient underwent further investigations (summarised below) which confir...

Introduction: Historically the incidence and prevalence of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) has been difficult to establish due to issues with disease coding and data collection. Studies estimated the incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP NETs) to be 1.3 per 100,000 per year (incidence hereafter given as cases per 100,000). However, the SEER USA data suggests a four-fold higher incidence, and prevalence of 35 per 100,000. This study aimed to identify the...

Introduction: Accurate survival data for patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) across the UK has been difficult to capture. Individual centres often report good survival rates, however, national data has not previously been available.Materials and methods: NET patient survival was calculated for England using the Public Health England (PHE) National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) dataset which captures tumour stage using TNM stagi...

Introduction: Historically there has been an association with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) and other cancers. However, this has not previously been well characterised. We aimed to determine the incidence of second malignancies in patients with NETs and investigate any association of the anatomical site of NETs with other malignancies.Materials and methods: 12,844 patients were diagnosed with a NET between 2013 and 2015 and captured by the National Cance...