Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The optimal initial surgical extent for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) remains controversial. Aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of serum calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA) to predict the extent of surgery needed in the lateral neck in patients with MTC.Methods: This retrospective multicenter cohort study included data from patients with MTC surgically treated in the 6 tertiary medical centers in Korea from 1996 to 202...

Objective: Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but few data exist on the association between weight changes and future diabetes risk in non-obese subjects. This study aimed to investigate the effect of weight changes on the incidence of type 2 diabetes in Korea, using prospective nationwide data.Research design and methods: A total of 51 405 non-diabetic subjects were included who had undergone health examinations in 2002 and complet...