1. Simple urine test could significantly improve detection of adrenal cancer
Using a simple urine test alongside routine imaging for patients with adrenal masses could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis, improving patient's prognosis and reducing the need for invasive diagnostic procedures, a new multi-center study found.
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2. Teen joins mom's best friend to fight rare cancer
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Molly Jager feels blessed to have been given 13 years with her mom, Shannon. It’s been two years since her mom died of cancer.
“Everything I do, I do to make her proud and I hope my personality kind of remembers her in a way to that when people look at me, they see her,” the teenager said.
Shannon was diagnosed with Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma in 2017. In less than a year, she was gone. It was a shock to friends and family.
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3. Asymptomatic Adrenal Tumors Also May Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Study Suggests
Undiagnosed tumors on the adrenal glands — called adrenal incidentalomas, because they are found by chance — may be more prevalent than previously thought and also may be linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study has found.
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