Multimodal non-surgical treatments of aggressive pituitary tumors

T Nakano-Tateno, KJ Lau, J Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Up to 35% of aggressive pituitary tumors recur and significantly affect mortality and quality of
life. Management can be challenging and often requires multimodal treatment. Current …

The treatment of refractory pituitary adenomas

C Dai, X Liu, W Ma, R Wang - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Refractory pituitary adenomas (PAs) are defined as aggressive-invasive PAs characterized
by a high Ki-67 index, rapid growth, frequent recurrence, and resistance to conventional …

Comprehensive analysis of the immunological landscape of pituitary adenomas: implications of immunotherapy for pituitary adenomas

W Zhou, C Zhang, D Zhang, J Peng, S Ma… - Journal of Neuro …, 2020 - Springer
Purposes Immunotherapies for solid tumor are gaining traction in the clinic, however, the
immunological landscape of pituitary adenomas (PAs) is not well defined. In the present …

Anti-PD-1 treatment-induced immediate central diabetes insipidus: a case report

M Yu, L Liu, P Shi, H Zhou, S Qian, K Chen - Immunotherapy, 2021 - Future Medicine
Modulating PD-1 expression can constrain tumor growth. Hodgkin's lymphoma patients
commonly express PD-L1 on tumor cells. We report the case of a 60-year-old male patient …

Exploring the role of novel medical therapies for aggressive pituitary tumors: a review of the literature—“are we there yet?”

LS Lamb, HW Sim, AI McCormack - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aggressive pituitary tumors account for up to 10% of pituitary tumors and are characterized
by resistance to medical treatment and multiple recurrences despite standard therapies …

Treatment options for gonadotroph tumors: current state and perspectives

MD Ilie, G Raverot - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context Gonadotroph tumors represent approximatively one-third of anterior pituitary tumors,
but despite their frequency, no medical treatment is currently recommended for them. This …

High-risk pituitary adenomas and strategies for predicting response to treatment

G Kontogeorgos, E Thodou, RY Osamura, RV Lloyd - Hormones, 2022 - Springer
High-risk pituitary adenomas are aggressive. They show clinical and imaging features
similar to those of carcinomas, including infiltration of the surrounding brain structures, but …

MSH6/2 and PD-L1 expressions are associated with tumor growth and invasiveness in silent pituitary adenoma subtypes

S Uraki, H Ariyasu, A Doi, K Takeshima… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mismatch repair genes mutS homologs 6/2 (MSH6/2) expressions are involved in tumor
growth and programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in tumor immunity, but the …

Targeting aggressive pituitary adenomas at the molecular level—a review

B Voellger, Z Zhang, J Benzel, J Wang, T Lei… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pituitary adenomas (PAs) are mostly benign endocrine tumors that can be treated by
resection or medication. However, up to 10% of PAs show an aggressive behavior with …

Tumour microenvironment and pituitary tumour behaviour

P Marques, M Korbonits - Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2023 - Springer
The pituitary tumour microenvironment encompasses a spectrum of non-tumoural cells, such
as immune, stromal or endothelial cells, as well as enzymes and signalling peptides like …