adrenal tumors or adrenal cancer cause the adrenal gland to produce excess hormones, which can result in high blood pressure, headaches, heart palpitations, weight gain, fluid retention or excess hair ...

While benign (non-cancerous) tumors in the adrenal gland are very common, cancers in or around this gland are very rare. They are found in only one or three per one million people. These tumors can ...

Most tumors in the adrenal glands are benign (noncancerous) and don't often cause symptoms. However, if your tumor becomes ...

Most tumors of the adrenal glands are benign (not cancer). Adrenal cancer is very rare. At Fred Hutch, our endocrine tumor specialists — all UW Medicine doctors — have experience evaluating and ...

An adrenal tumor is an abnormal growth on one or both adrenal glands. These relatively rare tumors are most often benign (noncancerous), but they can also be malignant (cancerous). While many adrenal ...

Similarly, adrenal hemangiomas, which are benign tumors of the adrenal gland, are often detected incidentally and can be misdiagnosed as other conditions, such as pheochromocytomas. A study ...

Metastatic disease involving the adrenal glands (lung, breast, renal cell cancers, melanoma and others) Benign adrenal tumors Adrenal glands that make too much or not enough hormones, including: As an ...

PET/CT imaging with gallium-68 (Ga-68) pentixafor can effectively guide surgery for patients with primary aldosteronism, ...

Addison’s disease and Cushing’s disease are two more common adrenal gland disorders. Rarely, adrenal gland cancer or benign tumors called pheochromocytomas can occur. For hormonal imbalances not ...

Merck & Co. has won U.S. Food and Drug Administration priority review for its application seeking expanded use of its Welireg oral cancer drug in patients with rare tumors that form in and around the ...

Adrenalectomy, or removal of the adrenal gland, may be necessary when patients have adrenal masses, either benign or malignant. Many of the benign adrenal tumors secrete hormones that can result in ...