Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive tumour. At diagnosis 21% has metastasis. Even after complete surgical removal, patients are at risk of recurrence as late as 10-12 years. The 5-year survival rate of Stage I to IV (ENSAT 2008) is 82%, 61%, 50% and 13% respectively.Objetive: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics, as well as the evolution, treatments and overall survival of patients diagnosed with ...

Introduction: The availability of an increasing therapeutic arsenal for endocrine diseases seems to explain the current trend towards a decrease in the indications of endocrine surgery. However, this trend requires a detailed study before being confirmed in our setting.Objectives: We aimed to assess the trends in the performance of endocrine surgery, in children and adults, during three consecutive years (2014, 2015 and 2016) in our University Tertiary-C...