{"title":"Perceptions of alternative methods of insulin storage: an ethical dilemma.","authors":"Arunkumar R Pande, Ashwani Kumar Thakur","doi":"10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00190-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00190-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519532,"journal":{"name":"The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology","volume":" ","pages":"558"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40529976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ross Hamblin, Ashley Vardon, Josephine Akpalu, Metaxia Tampourlou, Ioannis Spiliotis, Emilia Sbardella, Julie Lynch, Vani Shankaran, Akash Mavilakandy, Irene Gagliardi, Sara Meade, Claire Hobbs, Alison Cameron, Miles J Levy, John Ayuk, Ashley Grossman, Maria Rosaria Ambrosio, Maria Chiara Zatelli, Narendra Reddy, Karin Bradley, Robert D Murray, Aparna Pal, Niki Karavitaki
{"title":"Risk of second brain tumour after radiotherapy for pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma: a retrospective, multicentre, cohort study of 3679 patients with long-term imaging surveillance.","authors":"Ross Hamblin, Ashley Vardon, Josephine Akpalu, Metaxia Tampourlou, Ioannis Spiliotis, Emilia Sbardella, Julie Lynch, Vani Shankaran, Akash Mavilakandy, Irene Gagliardi, Sara Meade, Claire Hobbs, Alison Cameron, Miles J Levy, John Ayuk, Ashley Grossman, Maria Rosaria Ambrosio, Maria Chiara Zatelli, Narendra Reddy, Karin Bradley, Robert D Murray, Aparna Pal, Niki Karavitaki","doi":"10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00160-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00160-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Radiotherapy is a valuable treatment in the management algorithm of pituitary adenomas and craniopharyngiomas. However, the risk of second brain tumour following radiotherapy is a major concern. We assessed this risk using non-irradiated patients with the same primary pathology and imaging surveillance as controls.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this multicentre, retrospective cohort study, 4292 patients with pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma were identified from departmental registries at six adult endocrine centres (Birmingham, Oxford, Leeds, Leicester, and Bristol, UK and Ferrara, Italy). Patients with insufficient clinical data, known genetic predisposition to or history of brain tumour before study entry (n=532), and recipients of proton beam or stereotactic radiotherapy (n=81) were excluded. Data were analysed for 996 patients exposed to 2-dimensional radiotherapy, 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, or intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and compared with 2683 controls.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Over 45 246 patient-years, second brain tumours were reported in 61 patients (seven malignant [five radiotherapy, two controls], 54 benign [25 radiotherapy, 29 controls]). Radiotherapy exposure and older age at pituitary tumour detection were associated with increased risk of second brain tumour. Rate ratio for irradiated patients was 2·18 (95% CI 1·31-3·62, p<0·0001). Cumulative probability of second brain tumour was 4% for the irradiated and 2·1% for the controls at 20 years.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Irradiated adults with pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma are at increased risk of second brain tumours, although this risk is considerably lower than previously reported in studies using general population controls with no imaging surveillance. Our data clarify an important clinical question and guide clinicians when counselling patients with pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma on the risks and benefits of radiotherapy.</p><p><strong>Funding: </strong>Pfizer.</p>","PeriodicalId":519532,"journal":{"name":"The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology","volume":" ","pages":"581-588"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40557391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"World Health Assembly ratifies first global diabetes targets.","authors":"Emma Wilkinson","doi":"10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00192-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00192-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519532,"journal":{"name":"The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology","volume":" ","pages":"560"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40582236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erik K Alexander, Gerard M Doherty, Justine A Barletta
{"title":"Management of thyroid nodules.","authors":"Erik K Alexander, Gerard M Doherty, Justine A Barletta","doi":"10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00139-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00139-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the past 30 years, there has been a substantial rise in the detection of thyroid nodules. Largely asymptomatic, thyroid nodules are most often incidental findings that typically pose minimal risk. Data supporting these findings show a rapid rise in the incidental detection of thyroid nodules and cancer, but minimal effect on mortality rates, despite treatment. These data imply that historical approaches to thyroid nodule and cancer care might at times include unnecessary or excessive care. To address this issue, the past decade has witnessed an increasingly conservative approach to nodule management, seeking to individualise care and provide the most focused intervention that leads to favourable outcomes. Benign nodules can be safely monitored with minimal, or long-interval follow-up imaging. Molecular testing should be considered for cytologically indeterminate nodules because of its ability to improve preoperative cancer risk determination and reduce unnecessary surgery. The treatment of biopsy-proven malignant nodules has become increasingly nuanced, since recommendations for near-total thyroidectomy are no longer routine. Hemithyroidectomy is now commonly considered when operative intervention is favoured. Some patients with small volume, isolated cancerous nodules are safely managed non-operatively with active monitoring. In summary, modern management strategies for thyroid nodular disease seek to incorporate the growing amount of available diagnostic and prognostic data, inclusive of demographic, radiological, pathological and molecular findings. Once obtained, an individualised management plan can be effectively formulated.</p>","PeriodicalId":519532,"journal":{"name":"The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology","volume":" ","pages":"540-548"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40398712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}