Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine-related Tumors

Patients with a variety of tumors present to the physician because of clinical manifestations of hormones secreted in excess. This phenomenon attracted the investigative interest of such pioneers as Harvey Cushing who recognized that pituitary tumors may cause acromegaly and Charles Mayo who associated hyper­ tension with adrenal medullary neoplasms. Current int~rest in endocrine-related tumors ha...