Actual 10‐year survivors following resection of adrenocortical carcinoma

TB Tran, LM Postlewait, SK Maithel… - Journal of surgical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive malignancy with
limited therapeutic options beyond surgical resection. The characteristics of actual long‐term …

Outcomes after resection of cortisol-secreting adrenocortical carcinoma

GA Margonis, Y Kim, TB Tran, LM Postlewait… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background We sought to define the impact of cortisol-secreting status on outcomes after
surgical resection of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Methods The US ACC group …

Pathway implications of aberrant global methylation in adrenocortical cancer

CR Legendre, MJ Demeure, TG Whitsett, GC Gooden… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Context Adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC) are a rare tumor type with a poor five-year
survival rate and limited treatment options. Objective Understanding of the molecular …

Adrenocortical tumors and insulin resistance: What is the first step?

B Altieri, G Tirabassi, SD Casa… - … journal of cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the onset of adrenocortical tumors (ACTs) are still
largely unknown. Recently, more attention has been paid to the role of insulin and insulin …

Chloroquine enhances the efficacy of cisplatin by suppressing autophagy in human adrenocortical carcinoma treatment

L Qin, T Xu, L Xia, X Wang, X Zhang… - Drug design …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background It has been demonstrated that chloroquine (CQ) enhances the efficacy of
chemotherapy. However, little is known about whether CQ could enhance the efficacy of …

Salvage treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma with trofosfamide

M Kroiss, T Deutschbein, W Schlötelburg… - Hormones and …, 2016 - Springer
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) has a dismal prognosis in advanced stages. Despite
treatment with the adrenal toxicant mitotane and/or aggressive chemotherapy, tumor control …

Impact of laparoscopic adrenalectomy on overall survival in patients with nonmetastatic adrenocortical carcinoma

KT Huynh, DY Lee, BJ Lau, DC Flaherty, JH Lee… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Appropriate use of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) for adrenocortical
carcinoma (ACC) remains controversial because complete resection with negative margins …

Serum RARRES2 is a prognostic marker in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma

Y Liu-Chittenden, D Patel, K Gaskins… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Context: Retinoic acid receptor responder protein 2 (RARRES2) is a small secreted protein
involved in multiple cancers, including adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). However …

Adrenocortical carcinoma surgery—Surgical extent and approach

C Vanbrugghe, AJ Lowery, C Golffier, D Taieb… - … archives of surgery, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Adequate tumour resection is the gold standard of care for adrenocortical
carcinoma (ACC). However, the optimal surgical strategy remains debatable. In our opinion …

Ectopic adrenocortical carcinoma located in the ovary

F Chentli, N Terki, S Azzoug - European Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Aim Ovarian corticosteroid-producing tumors are exquisitely rare. Our aim was to describe
the first case observed in our practice. Case history A 34-year-old female was referred for …