Objective: The aim was to formulate clinical practice guidelines for pheochromocytoma and
paraganglioma (PPGL). Participants: The Task Force included a chair selected by the …

Somatic mutations in a subset of growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary tumors convert the
gene for the α polypeptide chain (α s ) of G s into a putative oncogene, termed gsp. These …

Objective To determine the frequency and pattern of lymph node metastasis (LNM) from
papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) and the results of node dissection, and to establish the …

BACKGROUND The clinical courses of patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC)
vary, and a number of prognostic factors have been studied, but the significance of some of …

Importance Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a common clinical problem for which the
only definitive management is surgery. Surgical management has evolved considerably …

Background: Ultrasound and prophylactic dissections have facilitated identification of small-volume
cervical lymph node (LN) metastases in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (…

Differentiated thyroid carcinomas is associated with an excellent prognosis. The treatment
of choice for differentiated thyroid carcinoma is surgery, followed by radioactive iodine …

Objective: To examine the prevalence of BRAF mutation among thyroid cancer histologic
subtypes and determine the association of BRAF mutation with indicators of poor prognosis for …

Background: The primary goals of this interdisciplinary consensus statement are to review
the relevant anatomy of the central neck compartment, to identify the nodal subgroups within …

AACE= American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists; AAES= American Association of
Endocrine Surgeons; ACC= adrenocortical carcinoma; ACE= angiotensin-converting enzyme…