Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon endocrine malignancy, usually characterized by a late detection, aggressive clinical course, and poor outcome. The tumor microenvironment (TME) which includes infiltrating immune cells plays a critical role in tumor growth, survival, and prognosis in cancer patients. The presence of tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TIIC) affect the clinical benefit from novel strategies of immunological checkpoint blockade. Anti-immune ...

Introduction: Over the last decades, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer. Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common histopathological type with often a favorable prognosis. Conventional therapies include surgical resection, adjuvant therapy with radioactive iodine, and suppressive therapy with thyroid hormones. However, the prognosis for iodine-resistant/refractory thyroid cancers or the advanced metastatic cancer is less favorable....