Influence of Sex and Functional Status on the Value of Serum Steroid Profiling in Discriminating Adrenocortical Carcinoma from Adrenocortical Adenoma

    September 2024 in “ Frontiers in Endocrinology ”
    Yan Weng, Juying Tang, Xiaoyun Zhang … Shao‐Ling Zhang
    Studysummary This study found that serum steroid profiling, particularly 11-deoxycortisol, can effectively differentiate between ACC and ACA, while considering sex differences and functional status for other steroids is important.
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