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, ...

Doctors may use radiation therapy to treat benign tumors. Radiation can shrink and eliminate benign growths without doctors having to perform surgery. Benign tumors are noncancerous growths that can ...

All cancers are tumors, but not all tumors are cancers. Tumors can either be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). The first type, that is benign tumours do not spread to other parts of the ...

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 ...

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 ...