Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0029p1525 | Pituitary Clinical | ICEECE2012

The dermatologic evaluation of acromegaly patients

Saler T.

Aim: To evaluate dermatologic findings in diabetic and nondiabetic acromegalic patients and compare with nonacromegalic diabetic patients. Also to investigate any possible correlation between skin lesions and colonic and thyroid neoplasms.Materials and methods: Data from dermatologic examination of 32 acromegalic and diabetic nonacromegalic patients were compared. Colonoscopic, ultrasonographic and biochemical findings of acromegalic patients were evalua...

ea0028cmw4.5 | How do I approach... | SFEBES2012

Hypogonadism in men with prostate cancer

Jones T

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) when used in the treatment of prostate carcinoma produces a severe state of hypogonadism. Several but not all epidemiological studies have reported that there is an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) including myocardial infarction, life threatening arrhythmias, diabetes and sudden cardiac death (1). Studies have also shown that ADT causes adverse effects many within three months on several key cardiovascular risk factors. Th...

ea0026s5.1 | Novel therapies in type 1 diabetes | ECE2011

Pancreas transplantation

Berney T

Vascularized whole pancreas transplantation is currently the only therapeutic approach consistently able to restore euglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes. More than two-thirds of all pancreas transplants are performed simultaneously with the kidney (SPK: simultaneous pancreas kidney) in patients with end-stage diabetic nephropathy. The results of SPK transplantation are excellent with rates of insulin-independence >80% at 1 year and >70% at 5 years. Venous thromb...

ea0025se1.5 | (1) | SFEBES2011

The art of medicine

Toft T

For the last 15 years, I have suffered from the respectable addiction of collecting modern Scottish art. During that same period I have become alarmed by the many influences which have conspired, not always by chance, to reduce the professionalism of doctors. The intention is to illustrate my many prejudices in respect of issues, ranging from the European Working Time Directive to national guidelines, from loss of paternalism to the difficulties in conducting observational cli...

ea0024s29 | Endocrine Nurse session | BSPED2010

Survivorship, what it is and where it is going?

Urquhart T

Approximately 1 in 650 children will develop a childhood malignancy by the age of 15 years. Improvements in diagnosis, treatment and supportive care over the last 30 years mean that approximately 80% of children diagnosed with cancer can now expect to survive more than five years. Approximately 1 in 250 young adults in the UK is a survivor (more than five years from end of therapy and disease-free) of childhood cancer. In the adult field it is estimated that 2 million people i...