Adrenal Gland Neoplasms (Adrenal Cancer)

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67 relevant articles (2 outcomes, 5 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: Tumors or cancer of the ADRENAL GLANDS.

Also Known As:

Adrenal Cancer; Adrenal Gland Cancer; Cancer of the Adrenal Gland; Neoplasms, Adrenal Gland; Adrenal Cancers; Adrenal Gland Cancers; Adrenal Gland Neoplasm; Cancer, Adrenal; Cancer, Adrenal Gland; Cancers, Adrenal; Cancers, Adrenal Gland; Neoplasm, Adrenal Gland

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Disease Context: Research Results

Neoplasms: 415397

Neoplasms by Site: 1

Endocrine Gland Neoplasms: 37

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms: 67

Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms: 101

Endocrine System Diseases: 398

Endocrine Gland Neoplasms: 37

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms: 67

Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms: 101

Adrenal Gland Diseases: 7

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms: 67

Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms: 101

Related Diseases

1.	Neoplasms (Cancer)
2.	Kaposi Sarcoma (Kaposi's Sarcoma)
3.	Adenoma (Adenomas)
4.	Neoplasm Metastasis (Metastasis)
5.	Cushing Syndrome

Experts

1.	Schteingart, David E: 1 article (06/2007)
2.	Kojima, Rie: 1 article (04/2006)
3.	Makimoto, Atsushi: 1 article (04/2006)
4.	Imataki, Osamu: 1 article (04/2006)
5.	Takaue, Yoichi: 1 article (04/2006)
6.	Hosono, Ako: 1 article (04/2006)
7.	Sakiyama, Michiyo: 1 article (04/2006)
8.	Bernat, Marija M: 1 article (12/2005)
9.	Mareković, Zvonimir: 1 article (12/2005)
10.	Mokos, Ivica: 1 article (12/2005)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Adrenal Gland Neoplasms:

1.	Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD)IBA 02/01/1988 - "Only an effective agent for the adrenal cancer is op'-DDD so far. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	mitomethIBA 01/01/1993 - "We conclude that Mitometh is not likely to be effective in the therapy of adrenal cancer. " 01/01/1993 - "This observation prompted us to undertake a comparative study of these two drugs on the basis that Mitometh may be a superior agent for the treatment of adrenal cancer. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Mitotane (Lysodren)FDA Link 06/07/2007 - "Adjuvant mitotane therapy of adrenal cancer - use and controversy." 01/01/2005 - "Clinical role of determination of plasma mitotane and its metabolites levels in patients with adrenal cancer: results of a long-term follow-up." 10/01/2000 - "New mitotane analogs with greater adrenalytic potential could be a promising approach to developing more effective and selective therapies for adrenal cancer. " 01/01/1993 - "Mitotane is an important adrenalytic drug for the treatment of adrenal cancer whose use is limited by toxicity. " 01/01/1979 - "This system appears to be useful in elucidating the biochemical mechanism of mitotane action on adrenal cancer." Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)FDA Link 11/01/2002 - "We have observed that ectopic expression of the GIP-R is frequent in ACTH-Independent Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia (AIMAH), rare in benign adrenal adenoma (AA), but seems absent in Adrenal Cancer (AC). " 03/01/2004 - "In the adrenal cancer cell line H295R and in primary cultures from adrenocortical cells, ACTH (1 nM) and forskolin (10 micro M) effectively increased seladin-1/DHCR24 expression, confirming that seladin-1/DHCR24 is modulated by the ACTH/cAMP-driven pathway. " 06/01/1996 - " In the largest of these studies, 11 patients with inoperable adrenal cancer or ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone-secreting neoplasms received 5-22 mg/kg/day of RU-486 for 1-12 months. " 03/20/1974 - "[Biosynthesis of steroids by human adrenal cancer tissue--effects of ACTH and cyclic AMP]" 02/01/1977 - "The adenylate cyclase of this corticosteroid-producing, transplanted, adrenal cancer of the rat was stimulated not only by adrenocorticotropic hormone and fluoride, but also by the beta-adrenergic agonist, isoproterenol. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Mifepristone (RU 486)FDA Link 01/01/1992 - " RU 486 may be able to treat fibroids, endometriosis, premenstrual syndrome, meningioma, hypertension, adrenal cancer, glaucoma, some forms of Cushing's syndrome, and breast cancer. " 06/01/1996 - " In the largest of these studies, 11 patients with inoperable adrenal cancer or ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone-secreting neoplasms received 5-22 mg/kg/day of RU-486 for 1-12 months. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	17-Ketosteroids (17 Ketosteroids)IBA 09/01/1957 - "II. Study of 17-ketosteroids from urine of patient with adrenal cancer.]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	TegafurIBA 10/01/1990 - "The present results, together with previous reports in the literature, seem to recommend the following therapeutic approaches to advanced adrenal cancer: monitoring of the serum level may be useful in predicting the efficacy as well as the occurrence of side effects of mitotane, surgical treatment of the lesions should be performed whenever possible, even though it may be only palliative, and the combination of mitotane and tegafur is a choice of chemotherapy which should be evaluated in future studies." 10/01/1990 - "Successful treatment of a metastatic hormone-producing adrenal cancer by a combination of mitotane, tegafur and surgical resection." Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Fibroblast Growth Factors (Fibroblast Growth Factor)IBA 05/15/1991 - "To test this hypothesis and to study appropriate inhibitors, we used a human adrenal cancer cell line (SW-13/K-fgf) engineered to secrete Kaposi's sarcoma-derived fibroblast growth factor (K-FGF), which we previously showed to induce growth of highly vascularized subcutaneous tumors in animals by autocrine and paracrine stimuli. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Hydrocortisone (Cortisol)FDA LinkGeneric 10/01/1985 - "In a case of adrenal cancer, urinary 17OHCS again did not correlate with plasma cortisol or urinary free cortisol. " 10/01/1985 - "However, in adrenal cancer, urinary 17OHCS did not correlate with either plasma cortisol or urinary free cortisol, while the latter two parameters did. " 04/01/1981 - "Plasma cortisol was significantly reduced by adrenal suppression with a percentage reduction of 19.44 without differences between breast cancer patients and patients with other forms of cancer; adrenal suppression induced an increase of 17-OH-P only in male cancer patients. " 05/01/2004 - "Analysis of 2,626 cases including additional new cases indicate 51% was non-functional adrenocortical adenoma, cortisol producing adenoma 8.9%, pheochromocytoma 8.5%, aldosteronoma 4.2%, adrenal cancer 1.4%. " 12/09/1996 - "Children with adrenal cancer exhibited normal or high values of cortisol, whereas cortisone levels were decreased and the cortisone/cortisol ratio was decreased to nearly zero. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	AldosteroneIBA 06/20/1973 - "[Diagnosis of adrenal gland neoplasms causing primary aldosteronism by determination of plasma aldosterone in adrenal- or renal-vein blood]" 03/01/2002 - "Primary aldosteronism is classified as aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA), idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA), unilateral adrenal hyperplasia (UAH), primary adrenal hyperplasia (PAH), adrenal cancer, and glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism. " 01/01/1999 - "We present a rare case of adrenal cancer with hypertension in a patient with low plasma renin activity and a low plasma aldosterone concentration. " 01/01/1999 - "Adrenal cancer with hypertension but low plasma renin and aldosterone." 11/01/1994 - "These included two with adrenal cancer and two with FH-II. 4. We recently described an association of aldosterone responsiveness of aldosterone-producing adenomas with renin gene restriction fragment length polymorphisms, suggesting a possible role for renin genotype and intra-adrenal renin gene expression in the development and biochemical expression of some aldosterone-producing tumours. " Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Adrenalectomy 12/01/2004 - "We review studies on the outcome of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for primary adrenal cancer as well as studies on metastatic disease to the adrenal glands. " 05/01/2007 - "Right adrenalectomy was done in consider to adrenal cancer. " 12/01/2005 - "We report a rare case of virilizing adrenal cancer with tumorous invasion of the left renal vein in which a retroperitoneal adrenalectomy with bail-out nephrectomy was performed. " 08/01/2004 - "Because renal or adrenal cancer was suspected, right adrenalectomy and nephrectomy were performed. " 09/01/2007 - "This paper provides an overview of adrenal cancer and reviews the literature on laparoscopic adrenalectomy for cancer, including the operative techniques, indications and contraindications." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) 07/01/1998 - "He was diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome attributable to metastatic adrenal cancer that progressed despite chemotherapy. " 05/01/2008 - "All the other agents tested required much higher doses for effect, including mitotane, the current most commonly used chemotherapy for adrenal cancer, with an EC (50) of 3.3x10 (-4) M. " 01/01/1993 - "PURPOSE: Previous reports of chemotherapy in patients with adrenal cancer have described responses to cisplatin (CDDP). " 10/01/1990 - "The present results, together with previous reports in the literature, seem to recommend the following therapeutic approaches to advanced adrenal cancer: monitoring of the serum level may be useful in predicting the efficacy as well as the occurrence of side effects of mitotane, surgical treatment of the lesions should be performed whenever possible, even though it may be only palliative, and the combination of mitotane and tegafur is a choice of chemotherapy which should be evaluated in future studies." Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Nephrectomy 12/01/2005 - "Virilizing adrenal cancer and bail-out nephrectomy." 12/01/2005 - "We report a rare case of virilizing adrenal cancer with tumorous invasion of the left renal vein in which a retroperitoneal adrenalectomy with bail-out nephrectomy was performed. " 08/01/2004 - "Because renal or adrenal cancer was suspected, right adrenalectomy and nephrectomy were performed. " 10/01/2004 - "In the future, laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and the laparoscopic procedure for adrenal cancer and prostate cancer are considered to become widespread." 09/01/2005 - "We reported laparoscopic adrenalectomy for adrenal cancer, our experience of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, radical prostatectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Colonic Pouches (S Pouch) 05/01/1957 - "[Familial hemochromatosis, adrenal cancer, cyst of Rathke's pouch.]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 04/01/2006 - "Intensive multimodality therapy including paclitaxel and reduced-intensity allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of adrenal cancer with multiple metastases." Order ALL the reference details at left...

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