Endocrine Abstracts

CA19-9 (sialyl Lewis[a] antigen) was originally described as a gastrointestinal system and pancreas specific tumour marker. Immunohistochemical studies have demonstrated that CA19-9 is expressed in both differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas. Increased serum levels of CA 19-9 were reported in few patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer; however, to the best of our knowledge, there is no previous report about serum levels of CA 19-9 in differentiated thyroid cancer. S...

Acromegaly is usually diagnosed after several years of duration. The multimodal therapy – surgery, radiotherpy, pharmacotherapy – is necessary in the majority of patients. Register of sellar tumors (RESET) collecting data of patients from eight tertiary centers in the Czech and Slovak Republics since the year 2000 was established in 2008.Aim of analysis: Evaluation of diagnostics of acromegaly and effectiveness of its treatment in a daily pract...