Androgen- and Estrogen-Secreting Adrenal Cancers

December 2010 in “ Seminars in Oncology ”

Dominic Cavlan, Nishat Bharwani, Ashley Grossman

androgen-secreting adrenal cancers estrogen-secreting adrenal cancers androgen excess metastases surgery mitotane adrenocortical carcinomas biochemical tests imaging estrogen receptor positivity hyperandrogenism IGF-2 GLUT-1 molecular targeting

Studysummary This review discusses the diagnostic challenges of androgen and estrogen-secreting adrenal tumors and highlights that the presence of metastases is the most reliable indicator of malignancy; it reports no new clinical findings.

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