High incidence of thyroid cancer among patients with acromegaly.

Purpose: Several studies have suggested that patients with acromegaly have an increased risk of thyroid, colorectal, breast and prostate cancers. In this study we determined the prevalence of malignant neoplasms in patients with acromegaly.

Methods: Cancer risk was evaluated in a cohort of 110 patients (M/F 48/62, age 58.

Results of a prospective multicenter neuroendocrine tumor registry reporting on clinicopathologic characteristics of Greek patients.

Background: The rare incidence of neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) has contributed to a paucity of large epidemiologic studies of patients with this condition. We investigated the occurrence and clinicopathologic features of NENs in Greece.

Methods: Between October 2010 and November 2012 we collected data on 246 newly diagnosed patients from a broad-based multi-institutional registry that comprises eight academic and hospital sites in Greece.