Nonfunctional adrenal tumors were associated with an increased risk for cancers including adrenal, thyroid, lung, stomach, and bladder cancers. Individuals with nonfunctional adrenal tumors (NFATs) ...

In more than 15% of people with benign adrenal tumors, the growths produce clinically relevant levels of serum cortisol that are significantly linked with an increased prevalence of hypertension and, ...

Scientists are calling for changes to healthcare policy following research which has shown for the first time the scale of the impact of a condition associated with benign tumors that can lead to type ...

Adrenal myelolipomas are benign neoplasms predominantly arising within the adrenal glands, characterised by a mixture of mature adipose tissue and haematopoietic elements. Often detected as incidental ...

A cross-sectional multi-center study of patients with adrenal tumors found that mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) predominantly affects women and is associated with increased frequency and ...

About 1 in 10 adults was estimated to have a non-cancerous tumor than can affect diabetes and hypertension risk, based on a recent study. The study included British adults with tumors located on their ...

HOW TO TAKE THE POST-TEST: To obtain CME credit, please click here after reading the article to take the post-test on myCME.com. Adrenal glands are small paired retroperitoneal organs that are ...

Up to 10 percent of the population have benign lumps on their adrenal glands, triangular hormone-secreting glands that sit atop the kidneys. These tumors, known as adrenal incidentalomas, have ...