Metabolic factors associated with pancreatic NETs

SAN DIEGO – Diabetes (not recent onset), obesity, and gallstone disease were associated with the occurrence of sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET) in the prospective, case-control European EpiNet study. Cigarette smoking, first-degree family history of...

Race predicts poor outcomes in people with liver cancer

Black patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have shorter survival and more adverse clinical features at diagnosis than do non-Hispanic whites and other races, according to a single-center review. Blacks were at a 33% increased risk...

Infantile hemangiomas increasing, linked to prematurity, low birth weight

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The incidence of infantile hemangiomas has climbed steadily in recent decades in concert with rising rates of prematurity and low birth weight, Dr. Sheila Fallon Friedlander said at the Hawaii Dermatology Seminar...

Proactive endocrine screening urged for pediatric brain tumor survivors

BOSTON – More than a third of 419 children treated for brain tumors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center later developed endocrine problems, according to a review presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting. Over...

Early predictors of GDM identified in women with PCOS

BOSTON – A prospective cohort study of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome who developed gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy has implicated fasting blood glucose, non–high density lipoprotein, and sex hormone–binding globulin as significant predictive factors...

Low thyroid function increases odds of type 2 diabetes

BOSTON – Results of a population-based study involving more than 8,000 adults from the Netherlands who were diabetes free at baseline has implicated low thyroid function with a 13% increased likelihood of developing type 2...

When toenail onychomycosis can turn deadly

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Toenail onychomycosis is a common condition in the general population, but it’s three- to fourfold more prevalent in certain at risk populations where it can have serious and even life-threatening consequences, Dr...

Registry shows no increased cancer risk with biologics for psoriasis

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The latest update from the ongoing PSOLAR registry provides “very reassuring” evidence that the use of biologic agents to treat moderate to severe psoriasis doesn’t significantly increase malignancy risk other than for...

New regimen for hepatitis C genotype 2 beats previous standard of care

SAN FRANCISCO – A simple, fixed-dose, one-pill combination of sofosbuvir and velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) was found superior to the current standard of sofosbuvir and ribavirin (SOF/R) for treatment of genotype 2 (GT2) hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Proportion of HCV patients in U.S. with cirrhosis climbing

SAN FRANCISCO – The prevalence of cirrhosis among patients in the United States infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is rising steeply, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for...

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