The Endocrine Society has concerns of possible delays in care and other problematic areas of The Lancet Commission’s proposed new obesity framework; a Commission author cites ‘conceptual confusions.’ ...

Some say it’s ‘bad medicine’ not to be prescribing it more to high-risk patients, whereas others think alternative approaches might be better.

Endocrine therapy remains a backbone of adjuvant therapy for women with hormone receptor–positive early-stage breast cancer. Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of ovarian function ...

In this segment, Dr. Gregory Vidal explains what it means when endocrine therapy stops working in ER-positive, HER2-negative ...

Surgery performed with its focus on one or more of the endocrine organs is referred to as endocrine surgery. The endocrine organs are glands located throughout the body, which secrete hormones that ...

In this segment, Dr. Gregory Vidal explains how hormone, or endocrine, therapies work to slow or stop cancer growth in ...

In patients with regional lymph node status 0-1, HER+ HER– early breast cancer (n = 2,290), 5-year invasive disease-free survival was 92.6% (95% CI, 90.8 to 94.0) with recurrence score (RS) 12-25 and ...

The human body contains hidden glands that form the endocrine system, which play a crucial role in regulating various metabolic processes, especially those related to reproduction and growth. For ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common type of irregular heartbeat. About 2.7 million Americans have it. AFib happens when the electrical activity of the heart isn’t working the way it’s ...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a genetic condition that causes tumors to form in endocrine glands and other organs. Despite not usually being cancerous, these tumors can be very ...