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ea0021oc3.3 | Young Endocrinologists prize session | SFEBES2009

Development of urinary steroid profiling as a high-throughput screening tool for the detection of malignancy in patients with adrenal tumours

Taylor Angela , Biehl Michael , Hughes Beverly , Stiekema Han , Schneider Petra , Smith David , Nightingale Peter , Shackleton Cedric , Stewart Paul , Arlt Wiebke

Adrenal tumors have an incidence of 2–3% in the general population and the work-up of incidentally discovered adrenal masses represents a major burden to the health system. Differentiating adrenocortical adenoma (ACA) from adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) represents a continuous challenge, with unfavorable sensitivities and specificities provided by tumor size, imaging and even histology. Here, we aimed to develop a reliable screening tool for the detection of adrenal malig...