Adrenal Cancer

Adults diagnosed with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome have a higher risk for developing cancer compared with controls without the condition, according to data published in the European Journal of Endocrinology.

Adults who are diagnosed with adrenocortical cancer have a 5-year overall survival of 54%, with overall survival higher among those with stage I or stage II cancer, according to study findings.

A little more than 1% of adults in a general screening population who underwent a CT scan had adrenal tumors, and more than two-thirds of all tumors were nonfunctioning, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.