Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0029p1791 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Desmoplastic stromal reaction and extrathyroidal invasion predict lymph node involvement in sporadic macro medullary thyroid cancer

Berdelou A. , Aubert S. , Pattou F. , Pigny P. , Gnemmi V. , Carnaille B. , D'Herbomez M. , Wemeau J. , Do Cao C.

Background: Locoregional nodal metastases are the first step of tumor spread in MTC and have been shown to be a prognostic factor for survival. Neither palpation nor neck ultrasound can estimate nodal staging accurately.Aim: To identify predictive factors for LNI in MTC through a retrospective study on 142 consecutive patients operated in Lille University Hospital between 1995 and 2010.Methods: Analyses were carried on 54 patients ...

ea0026p70 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2011

First prognostic analysis of stage III adrenocartical carcinoma patients after complete resection: a retrospective French Multicentric Study from the INCA-COMETE network

Do Cao C , Leboulleux S , Borget I , Bertherat J , De la Fouchardiere C , Hecart A C , Caron P , Tabarin A , Niccoli P , Rohmer V , Drui D , Schillo F , Raingeard I , Young J , Ghuzlan A , Borson-Chazot F , Bertagna X , Pattou F , Wemeau J L , Francis Z , Libe R , Aubert S , Baudin E

Objective: To assess outcome of stage IIIĀ–ENSAT adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) patients after complete macroscopic resection and prognostic factors for disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).Methods: A retrospective review of 68 stage III ACC patients treated surgically between 1994 and 2009 in the French COMETE network was performed. Characteristics of patients were reviewed by a single investigator as well as the Weiss score by expe...