Endocrine system cancer
Endocrine system cancer: Introduction
A cancer that occurs in any part of the endocrine system. The endocrine system consists of hormone secreting endocrine glands such as the pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, pancreatic and adrenal glands. Cancers of these organs usually results in excessive hormone secretion. Examples of endocrine system cancers include adrenocortical carcinoma, thyroid cancer and Cushing's syndrome or adrenal tumor. ...more »
Symptoms of Endocrine system cancer
- Symptoms can vary considerably depending on the specific location of the cancer
- Changes in hormone levels
- Pituitary hormone symptoms
- Thyroid hormone symptoms
- Parathyroid hormone symptoms
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symptoms of Endocrine system cancer
Treatments for Endocrine system cancer
- Treatment of endocrine system cancer depends on the underlying type of cancer and the staging of the disease, as well as the age and other health problems of the patient. Treatments include:
- Medical management of any hormonal or electrolyte imbalances due to tumor over or undersecretion prior to surgery
- Surgery - for tumor removal
- Radiotherapy
- Chemotherapy - if the tumor is chemo-sensitive
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Endocrine system cancer: Deaths
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Types of Endocrine system cancer
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Types of Endocrine system cancer
Endocrine system cancer: Complications
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Causes of Endocrine system cancer
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Disease Topics Related To Endocrine system cancer
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Endocrine system cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Endocrine system cancer
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known,...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system contains a variety of "good"...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,
but...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate"...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can...read more »
Spitz nevi misdiagnosed as dangerous melanoma skin cancer: One possible misdiagnosis to
consider in lieu of melanoma is spitz nevi.
See melanoma and spitz nevi....read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of
celiac...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel...read more »
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Endocrine system cancer: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Prognosis for Endocrine system cancer
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Research about Endocrine system cancer
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Clinical Trials for Endocrine system cancer
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Endocrine system cancer include:
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Clinical Trials for Endocrine system cancer
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