Clinical biology of the pituitary adenoma

S Melmed, UB Kaiser, MB Lopes, J Bertherat… - Endocrine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
All endocrine glands are susceptible to neoplastic growth, yet the health consequences of
these neoplasms differ between endocrine tissues. Pituitary neoplasms are highly prevalent …

Pituitary adenoma or neuroendocrine tumour: the need for an integrated prognostic classification

KKY Ho, UB Kaiser, P Chanson, M Gadelha… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In the 2022 fifth edition of the WHO Classification of Endocrine Tumours and of Central
Nervous System Tumours, pituitary adenomas are reclassified as neuroendocrine tumours …

Overview of the 2022 WHO classification of pituitary adenomas/pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: clinical practices, controversies, and perspectives

X Wan, J Chen, J Wang, Y Liu, K Shu, T Lei - Current Medical Science, 2022 - Springer
The latest edition of the WHO classification of the central nervous system was published in
2021. This review summarizes the major revisions to the classification of anterior pituitary …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of acromegaly and gigantism

A Bogusławska, M Korbonits - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary tumours represent the most genetically determined
pituitary tumour type. This is true both for germline and somatic mutations. Germline …

[HTML][HTML] Pituitary society expert Delphi consensus: operative workflow in endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection

HJ Marcus, DZ Khan, A Borg, M Buchfelder, JS Cetas… - Pituitary, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Surgical workflow analysis seeks to systematically break down operations into
hierarchal components. It facilitates education, training, and understanding of surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Current and emerging medical therapies in pituitary tumors

N Sahakian, F Castinetti, T Brue, T Cuny - Journal of clinical medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pituitary tumors (PT) represent in, the majority of cases, benign tumors for which surgical
treatment still remains, except for prolactin-secreting PT, the first-line therapeutic option …

[HTML][HTML] Non-functioning pituitary adenomas

JB Drummond, A Ribeiro-Oliveira Jr… - Endotext [Internet], 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
ABSTRACT Pituitary adenomas comprise approximately 10-20% of intracranial tumors. Non-
functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are benign adenohypophyseal tumors not …

[HTML][HTML] Aggressive pituitary tumors (PitNETs)

H Nishioka - Endocrine journal, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The majority of anterior pituitary tumors behave benignly, that is, they grow slowly and do not
metastasize, and were therefore called adenomas. However, they would frequently invade …

[HTML][HTML] The NETting of pituitary adenoma: a gland illusion

KKY Ho, M Gadelha, UB Kaiser, M Reincke, S Melmed - Pituitary, 2022 - Springer
Disease classification, fundamental to accurately reflecting critical knowledge of disease
causes and consequences, underpins clinical care, service planning, payments, safety, and …

A proposed clinical classification for pituitary neoplasms to guide therapy and prognosis

KKY Ho, M Fleseriu, J Wass, L Katznelson… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2024 - thelancet.com
No comprehensive classification system that guides prognosis and therapy of pituitary
adenomas exists. The 2022 WHO histopathology-based classification system can only be …