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A Biomarker Panel for Risk Stratification of Ovarian Tumors
A recent study supports the effectiveness of a new biomarker panel that helps physicians decide which women who require surgery for an ovarian tumor...
A possible new syndrome with growth-hormone secreting pituitary adenoma, colonic polyposis, lipomatosis, lentigines and renal carcinoma in association with familial testicular germ cell malignancy: A case report
Background Testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) is the most commonmalignancy in U.S. adolescents and young adult malesages 15–45. TGCT risk factors...
A Review of Type 2 Diabetes Drug Classes
Both insulin and glucagon levels are influenced by incretin hormones: glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which is secreted by the intestinal...
A United Nations Resolution on Diabetes The Result of a Joint Effort
Resolution 61/225: ‘World Diabetes Day’ recognizes diabetes as a chronic, debilitating, and costly disease associated with major...
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding During the Reproductive Years — Terminology and Treatment
The most important step in the management of the symptom of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is diagnosis. In most cases, history and physical exam,...
Accumulating Evidence for Improved Outcomes Using hMG versus rFSH Preparations in Assisted Reproduction Technology Cycles
Recombinant FSH is produced by transfecting Chinese hamster ovary cell lines with genes encoding for the alpha and beta subunits. With only a single...
Adding to the Armamentarium for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
It is now well established that improving glycemic control reduces the risk of microvascular complications, but optimal glycemic control has been...
Adrenocortical oncocytic neoplasm presenting with Cushing's syndrome: a case report
Oncocytic tumors originating from the adrenal cortex are extremely rare. To date, only 46 cases have been reported, and include 24 oncocytomas, 6...
Advances in Diabetes Diagnostics
According to the last American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommendations, it is possible to demonstrate an abnormality in carbohydrate metabolism,...
Advances in Diabetic Retinopathy
Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy Diabetes-associated Retinal Dysfunctions Before the Onset of Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy Abnormalities in...
Advances in Fertility Preservation in Young Female Cancer Patients
The different fertility preservation options that may be offered to patients before the initiation of chemo- and/or radiotherapy include...
Advances in Insulin Therapy Physiological Replacement with Insulin Analogs
All insulin currently manufactured for therapeutic purposes in the US is made through recombinant DNA technology. Alterations to the basic human...
Advances in Our Understanding of Acromegaly – Is There an Optimal Management Regimen?
Active acromegaly is associated with a two- to three-fold increase in mortality that can be reduced to that of the background population with...
Advances in Our Understanding of Hyperthyroidism-associated Bone Loss
Hyperthyroidism is an important cause of secondary osteoporosis2 and the relationship between the hypothalamic–pituitary– thyroid (HPT)...
Advances in Our Understanding of Pituitary Adenoma
Although several genes and signaling pathways have been identified as important factors in the development of pituitary tumors, our understanding of...
Advances in Surgery for Pituitary Tumors
Although benign in nature, pituitary tumors continue to offer many opportunities for improvement in therapy. Goals of treatment include complete...
Advances in Surgery for Pituitary Tumors
Behavior of Pituitary Tumors One of the most notable features of pituitary adenomas is their ubiquity in population studies compared with the...
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Despite an increasing incidence, the mortality from thyroid cancer in general and from papillary thyroid cancer in particular remained stable (0.5...
Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Molecular Genetics of Pituitary Adenomas in Childhood
Pituitary AdenomasDue to the rarity of pituitary tumours in children and adolescents, accurate information regarding the prevalence and incidence of...
