Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a heterogeneous neoplasm with an incompletely understood pathogenesis and an unsatisfactory prognosis. However, international initiatives like the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumours (ENSAT) and international trial consortia recently led to improved diagnosis and treatment. Activated signalling pathways primarily involved in adrenal development like IGF2, SF1, and β-catenin pathways play also a key role in the ACC developmen...

Bruno Allolio, University of Würzberg, Germany AbstractBruno Allolio is Professor of Medicine at the University of Würzburg and Head of the Department of Endocrinology at the University Hospital Würzburg.He trained in Cologne in both clinical and experimental endocrinology. For postdoctoral studies he worked at Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and at the National Institutes of Heal...