Have you been diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism or an endocrine-related condition that needs surgery? The UAB Section of Endocrine Surgery is honored to serve and treat patients of Alabama and beyond ...
A neuroendocrine tumor (NET) is a slow-growing type of cancer that begins in your hormone-producing cells. It is rare, but doctors diagnose more cases each year. An estimated 170,000 Americans ...
Researchers just launched a phase 2 trial evaluating iadademstat plus paclitaxel in patients with relapsed/refractory neuroendocrine cancer, including those with small cell lung cancer. The first ...
Your endocrine system controls all of your hormones. It’s made up of many different glands, including the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland (including the anterior pituitary) plays a significant ...
A new type of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has been shown to control disease in 85 percent of patients with metastatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, achieving complete remission in some ...
COVID-19 affects many organs of the body. The endocrine system is particularly vulnerable because of the expression of the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor in various endocrine glands.
Dear Doctors: We have a family friend who passed away just three weeks after being diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. There were no symptoms at all, and it was found pretty much by accident, during ...