Giant prolactinoma in men: clinical features and therapeutic outcomes

P Iglesias, K Arcano, VR Berrocal… - Hormone and …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical features and long-term therapeutic outcome
of giant prolactinoma (gPRLoma) in men and to compare them with those of a group of male …

Clinical outcomes in male patients with lactotroph adenomas who required pituitary surgery: a retrospective single center study

W Liu, RS Zahr, S McCartney, JS Cetas, A Dogan… - Pituitary, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Lactotroph adenomas (LA) are the most frequently encountered pituitary tumors.
Although more frequently observed in women, LAs in men were recently included in a more …

Prognostic factors of regrowth in nonfunctioning pituitary tumors

G Raverot, A Vasiljevic, E Jouanneau - Pituitary, 2018 - Springer
Surgery is the treatment of choice for nonfunctioning pituitary tumors (NFPTs). Postoperative
tumor regrowth during follow-up is present in about half of the patients with invasive NFPTs …

Tumoral MGMT content predicts survival in patients with aggressive pituitary tumors and pituitary carcinomas given treatment with temozolomide

D Bengtsson, HD Schrøder, K Berinder, D Maiter… - Endocrine, 2018 - Springer
Temozolomide (TMZ) has recently been recommended as the first line chemotherapy in
patients with aggressive pituitary tumors (APT) and pituitary carcinomas (PC) not controlled …

Identification of novel genes involved in the pathogenesis of an ACTH-secreting pituitary carcinoma: a case report and literature review

F Guo, G Wang, F Wang, DK Xu, X Liu - Frontiers in Oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Pituitary carcinomas (PCs) is considerable uncommon entities with a poor prognosis that
represents only 0. 1–0.2% of all pituitary tumors. There are fewer than 150 reported cases …

65 YEARS OF THE DOUBLE HELIX: Treatment of pituitary tumors with temozolomide: an update

LV Syro, F Rotondo, LD Ortiz… - Endocrine-Related …, 2018 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Temozolomide is an alkylating chemotherapeutic agent used in malignant neuroendocrine
neoplasia, melanoma, brain metastases and an essential component of adjuvant therapy in …

Gene expression profiling of fast-and slow-growing non-functioning gonadotroph pituitary adenomas

CM Falch, AYM Sundaram, KA Øystese… - European journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective Reliable biomarkers associated with aggressiveness of non-functioning
gonadotroph adenomas (GAs) are lacking. As the growth of tumor remnants is highly …

Гигантские аденомы гипофиза: распространенность, особенности диагностики и клинического течения

ЮМ Урманова, КБ Алимова - Международный …, 2018 - cyberleninka.ru
На основании обзора литературы установлено, что в диагностическом комплексе при
гигантских аденомах гипофиза, помимо клинического обследования, необходимо …

Clinical parameters to distinguish silent corticotroph adenomas from other nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas

D Kim, CR Ku, SH Park, JH Moon, EH Kim, SH Kim… - World Neurosurgery, 2018 - Elsevier
Background It is difficult to distinguish silent corticotroph adenomas (SCAs) from other
nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) preoperatively. This study aimed to determine …

Is receptor profiling useful for predicting pituitary therapy?

M Marazuela, AM Ramos-Leví… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Medical treatment of pituitary tumours may present important challenges in the presence of
resistance to first-line therapy. In this setting, the availability of specific markers of …