Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors and differentiated thyroid cancer: do metabolic and inflammatory risk factors play roles?
Gilvan C NascimentoA G P de Araujo Cortês NascimentoC de Maria Ribeiro Veiga ParenteVandilson Pinheiro RodriguesRossana Santiago de Sousa AzulayViviane C C RochaSabrina S P DamianseMarcelo MagalhaêsManuel Dos S FariaMarília Brito GomesPublished in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2020)
Our findings in patients with nonacromegalic PitNETs do not indicate a high risk for DTC despite the presence of metabolic and inflammatory risk factors for neoplastic events. In contrast, acromegaly promotes a greater risk of DTC.