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Thyroid Cancer
Cancer of the Pancreas
Endocrine Cancers - General
Adrenocortical Cancer
Pituitary Cancer
Parathyroid Cancer
Thymus Cancer
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia /Familial Thyroid Ca.
General Endocrine resources
See also Medical Terminology for Cancer: The Endocrine System
- ADEN-CYST - Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas Electronic Support Group (ACOR)
- Endocrinology Interest Group This is a Special Interest Group of the NIH. It is a forum for researchers interested in basic and clinical endocrinology and its implications on other fields including cancer. The Web site includes details of membership, meetings and Email archives.
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Section of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders The Web site includes details of staff, educational materials, treatment issues, genetic testing, fellowship program and links.
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- CancerLit: Endocrine Cancers (National Cancer Institute) On-line abstracts for health professionals. Sorted by month and year for Adrenocortical, Islet Cel, Parathyroid, Pheochronoctytoma, Pituitory, and Thyroid cancer.
- Endocrine Pathology. (WebPath, USA) Pathology Images - including some cancer related.
- Endocrine-Related Cancer Journal of the Society for Endocrinology - browsable abstracts and dowloadable full text PDF files.
See also Brain Tumours
The parathyroid gland is located at the base of the neck near the thyroid gland. It produces a hormone called
parathyroid hormone (PTH), which controls how the body stores and uses calcium. Parathyroid cancer is a condition where the cells of the parathyroid gland become malignant (cancerous). Parathyroid cancers are rare; while problems with the parathyroid gland
are common, these are not usually cancer related.
Multilpe endocrine neoplasia (MEN) are rare fimilial (inherited) conditions affecting the glands of the endocrine system:
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia I (MEN type I) also known as Wermer's syndrome
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia IIA (MEN type IIa) also known as Sipple Syndrome
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia IIB (MEN type IIb)
- Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma, (FMTC) is a similar inherited condition were medullary thyroid carcinoma may occur in several family members, though not necessarily with the other endocrine tumours seen in MEN.
MEN I typically affects parathyroid, the pancreas, and the pituitary while MEN IIa and MEN IIb are associated with medullary thyroid carcinoma.
See also Genetic Councelling
See also Thyroid Cancer
See also Pancreatic Cancer
See also MEN1 gene (11q13)
See also Thyroid Organisations
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