The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the clinical use of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner — the ultra-high-field 7T Terra MRI — with unprecedented resolution that allows for more reliable images of the brain. The approach recently allowed the precise localization of a small tumor…
An important cellular pathway involved in multiple cancers could potentially be targeted to treat adrenal cancers that cause Cushing’s syndrome, a study has found. The study, “MAPK/ERK pathway inhibition is a promising treatment target for adrenocortical tumors,”…
Transsphenoidal surgery, a minimally invasive surgery to remove tumors in the pituitary gland, is safe and effective to treat Cushing’s disease, a 20-year history of cases in a Belgian hospital shows. The surgery resulted in high remission rates (83%) in patients. It was also found…
Obesity can be triggered by detrimental changes to the normal daily rhythms of hormone production, leading to an increased production of fat cells, research in mice shows. These findings help to explain why conditions that disturb hormone levels, such as Cushing’s disease…
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