Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To investigate the frequency of thyroid carcinoma and its subtypes in one region over three decades.Material and methods: Data retrospectively collected from a tissue bank where all hospitals in a region with a little above 1 million inhabitants should send samples from all operated tumors, from 1981 to 2010.Results: From 1981 to 1990 there where 156 thyroid cancers; 206 from 1991 through 2000 and 362 from 2001 through 2010, w...

Introduction: There is scarcity of data on the recurrence and/or progression (R/P) rate in nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) after surgery and the risk factors that can predict this outcome. So the aim of this study was to analyze a large series of NFPAs with a long follow-up after surgery, focusing on the evaluation of R/P rate and the risk factors associated with it.Methods: Retrospective cohort analysis of 164 patients with NFPAs from 3 differ...