Recent advances in the management of thyroid cancer and type 2 diabetes: highlights from the Annual Conference of the Society for Endocrinology (BES), March 15-18, 2010, Manchester, UK.
The Society for Endocrinology (BES) held its Annual Conference in Manchester, U.K., on March 15-18, 2010. The meeting was devoted to different areas of endocrinology, such as thyroid diseases, abnormalities in adrenal function, neuroendocrine disorders, bone and parathyroid disorders, diabetes, gonadal abnormalities, growth and development, diseases of pituitary and molecular endocrinology. This report focuses on recent developments in thyroid carcinogenesis, where the potential for novel interventions may exist, and new therapeutic possibilities and advances in the management of diabetes and its complications.
Bandyopadhyay
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Lyndon, West Bromwich, West Midlands, UK. prabirbanerjee@yahoo.co.uk
D000818:Animals; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents