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, ...

Adrenal gland tumors that are defined as being nonfunctional may not really be so, and the hormones that these tumors secrete could increase an individual’s risk of cardiometabolic irregularities, ...

Researchers have found that 'non-functional' adrenal tumors can increase a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that "non-functional" ...

In a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at Lund University and Skåne University Hospital followed up all patients diagnosed with benign adrenal tumours who came into ...

New research shows that male patients with benign tumors of the adrenal gland suffer more bone fractures. The study found men with a certain type of adrenal tumor have reduced bone mass and more ...

The presence of polyomaviruses and herpesviruses in adrenal tumors and their role in adrenal tumorigenesis has never been investigated, even though the adrenal gland seems to be a preferential site of ...

Analysis has identified variations of a gene that are associated with a type of tumor that forms within the adrenal gland, according a study in the December 15 issue of JAMA. The age group in which ...

Liao CH et al. (2006) Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for potentially malignant adrenal tumors greater than 5 cm. J Clin Endocrinol Metab [doi:10.1210./jc.2005-2420 ...

Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that "non-functional" adrenal tumors can increase a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Benign adrenal tumors that don't appear to ...

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 ...