Aggressive pituitary tumors (APT) refer to pituitary adenomas exhibiting radiological
invasiveness and an unusually rapid tumor growth rate, or clinically relevant tumor growth …

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 …

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 …

Background Tumor recurrence or incomplete resection in nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas
(NFPAs) is relatively common. However, predictive factors of tumor recurrence in NFPAs are …

Pituitary adenomas (PAs) are common, comprising approximately one third of all intracranial
tumors. Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are the most common PAs. Although …

A subset of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) have an aggressive behavior,
showing resistance to treatment and/or multiple recurrences in spite of the optimal use of …

BACKGROUND: Despite the advancement of microsurgical and endoscopic techniques,
some nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) can be difficult to cure. Tumor recurrence …

Non-functioning pituitary tumours are mostly of gonadotroph cell origin and are devoid of
humoral hypersecretory syndromes. They are usually large at the time of diagnosis …

Objective To assess the clinical outcome of a strategy of conservative monitoring of patients
with nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) after pituitary surgery and in patients without …

Context: Despite the major risk of regrowth of clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas
(CNFAs) after primary treatment, systematic data on the probability of further tumor …