Temozolomide therapy for aggressive functioning pituitary adenomas refractory to surgery and radiation: a case series

JT Jordan, JJ Miller, T Cushing, M Seijo… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Treatment of aggressive pituitary adenomas typically involves a multimodality
approach based on histopathological features and may include pharmacotherapy, surgery …

Temozolomide therapy in patients with aggressive pituitary adenomas or carcinomas

M Losa, F Bogazzi, S Cannavo, F Ceccato… - Journal of Neuro …, 2016 - Springer
Temozolomide is effective in some patients with progressive pituitary adenoma or
carcinoma. We report a survey study of Italian patients treated with Temozolomide because …

Is there a role for early chemotherapy in the management of pituitary adenomas?

AL Lin, MW Sum, LM DeAngelis - Neuro-oncology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Pituitary adenomas are benign intracranial neoplasms that are frequently well-controlled
with standard treatments that include surgical resection, radiotherapy, and agents that …

Temozolomide treatment can improve overall survival in aggressive pituitary tumors and pituitary carcinomas

H Lasolle, C Cortet, F Castinetti, L Cloix… - European Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Only few retrospective studies have reported an efficacy rate of temozolomide
(TMZ) in pituitary tumors (PT), all around 50%. However, the long-term survival of treated …

Use of temozolomide in aggressive pituitary tumors: case report

S Mohammed, K Kovacs, W Mason, H Smyth… - …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The management of aggressive pituitary macroadenomas represents a
challenge to neurosurgeons. These tumors are very difficult to treat, owing mainly to their …

Temozolomide treatment of pituitary carcinomas and atypical adenomas: systematic review of case reports

Y Ji, RI Vogel, E Lou - Neuro-oncology practice, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Pituitary carcinomas (PC) and atypical pituitary adenomas (APA) are rare
variants of pituitary tumors for which no evidence-based treatment currently exists. We …

Long-course temozolomide in aggressive pituitary adenoma: real-life experience in two tertiary care centers and review of the literature

L Lizzul, G Lombardi, M Barbot, F Ceccato… - Pituitary, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Aggressive pituitary adenomas (APAs) and pituitary carcinomas (PCs) are
challenging for their invasive nature, resistance to treatment and recurrences …

Salvage therapy with temozolomide in patients with aggressive or metastatic pituitary adenomas: experience in six cases

M Losa, E Mazza, MR Terreni… - European Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objective The prognosis of either pituitary carcinoma or aggressive pituitary adenoma
resistant to standard therapies is poor. We assessed the efficacy of treatment with …

Medical therapy of aggressive pituitary tumors

S Petersenn - Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
The rare aggressive pituitary adenoma presents a special challenge, due to the
heterogenous presentation of the disease. The prognosis of aggressive pituitary adenomas …

Temozolomide therapy for aggressive pituitary tumors: results in a small series of patients from Argentina

OD Bruno, L Juárez-Allen… - International Journal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated results of temozolomide (TMZ) therapy in six patients, aged 34–78 years,
presenting aggressive pituitary tumors. In all the patients tested O6‐methylguanine‐DNA …