Aggressive pituitary tumors

E Chatzellis, KI Alexandraki, II Androulakis… - …, 2015 - karger.com
Pituitary adenomas are common intracranial tumors that are mainly considered as benign.
Rarely, these tumors can exhibit an aggressive behavior, characterized by gross invasion of …

Aggressive pituitary adenomas—diagnosis and emerging treatments

A Di Ieva, F Rotondo, LV Syro, MD Cusimano… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
The WHO categorizes pituitary tumours as typical adenomas, atypical adenomas and
pituitary carcinomas, with typical adenomas constituting the major class. However, the WHO …

Definition and diagnosis of aggressive pituitary tumors

L Kasuki, G Raverot - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2020 - Springer
Pituitary adenomas are considered benign tumors, but approximately 10% of them can have
an aggressive behavior and more rarely (0.2%) can present metastasis, being classified as …

Aggressive and malignant pituitary tumours: state-of-the-art

D Dworakowska, AB Grossman - Endocrine-related cancer, 2018 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Pituitary adenomas are unique in multiple ways. They are rarely malignant in terms of
metastases; yet, they may be aggressive. Their cancerous potential is defined in a classic …

European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas

G Raverot, P Burman, A McCormack… - European journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Pituitary tumours are common and easily treated by surgery or medical
treatment in most cases. However, a small subset of pituitary tumours does not respond to …

Treatment of aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas: results of a European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) survey 2016

A McCormack, OM Dekkers, S Petersenn… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective To collect outcome data in a large cohort of patients with aggressive pituitary
tumours (APT)/carcinomas (PC) and specifically report effects of temozolomide (TMZ) …

Management of endocrine disease: clinicopathological classification and molecular markers of pituitary tumours for personalized therapeutic strategies

G Raverot, E Jouanneau… - European journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Pituitary tumours, the most frequent intracranial tumour, are historically considered benign.
However, various pieces of clinical evidence and recent advances in pathological and …

The epidemiology of aggressive pituitary tumors (and its challenges)

OM Dekkers, N Karavitaki, AM Pereira - Reviews in Endocrine and …, 2020 - Springer
Pituitary tumors are not rare if prevalence rates from autopsy or radiological series are
considered; approximately 0.5% of all pituitary adenomas will come to medical attention …

Classification and pathology of pituitary tumors

G Kontogeorgos - Endocrine, 2005 - Springer
Pituitary adenomas originating in adenohypophysial cells represent the most common
neoplasms of the sella turcica. The pathologist's goal is the optimal diagnosis and …

Invasive, atypical and aggressive pituitary adenomas and carcinomas

A Sav, F Rotondo, LV Syro, A Di Ieva… - Endocrinology and …, 2015 - endo.theclinics.com
Invasive adenomas show pathologic or radiological signs of invasion to the cavernous or
sphenoid sinuses, bone, or nasal mucosa. WHO classification categorizes pituitary …