Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: According to the results of several studies and meta-analyses, certain ultrasound features are associated with increased risk of thyroid malignancy. However, most of those research papers included mainly papillary thyroid cancers (PTCs); these results cannot be simply extrapolated for the differentiation of follicular thyroid adenomas and cancers (FTAs and FTCs). The aim of the present study was to perform a meta-analysis of so far conducted research and identify...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors of the lungs comprise 20% of primary lung tumors. Nestin is an intermediate filament protein, expressed in stem cells during fetal development. It is also described as a potential cancer stem cell marker, angiogenesis marker and indicator of poorer survival probability for patients with some types of malignancies. Adversely, Klotho gene is a potential tumor suppressor. Aberrant expression of Klotho have been recently noticed in a number of c...