Adrenal Tumours Articles

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Carbonic anhydrase IX is a metalloenzyme that is upregulated in hypoxic conditions.

European Reference Network (ERN) eUROGEN is a cross-border collaboration set up by the European Commission in 2017 aimed at tackling rare urogenital conditions, including cancers.

This report aims to assess ERN eUROGEN's operational activity with a focus on rare urogenital cancers.

The recently available genomic sequencing techniques have led to breakthroughs in understanding of the underlying genetic mechanisms in adrenocortical tumours. Disease-causing mutations have been described for aldosterone-producing adenomas, cortisol-producing adenomas and adrenocortical carcinomas.

In the last three decades, endoscopic adrenalectomy has become the gold standard for the surgical treatment of most adrenal diseases. Gagner et al., first reported in 1992, the lateral trans-abdominal laparoscopic approach to adrenalectomy.