Aggressive and Metastatic Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors: Therapeutic Management and Off-Label Drug Use

P Iglesias - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are the most common pituitary tumors and the
second most common brain tumors. Although the vast majority (> 90%) are benign, a small …

Refractory pituitary adenomas: preface

EB Geer - Pituitary, 2023 - Springer
While recent progress has been made in identifying biomarkers of aggressive behavior and
new treatment options, many questions remain. Treatment decisions require …

FLNA expression modulates pathological markers of pituitary neuroendocrine tumours

J Toledo, PA Perez, M Zanetti… - Journal of …, 2024 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Due to the current limited knowledge about the role of filamin A (FLNA) in pituitary tumour
progression, we aimed to analyse FLNA expression levels and its impact on aggressive …

An aggressive cabergoline-resistant, temozolomide-responsive macroprolactinoma due to a germline SDHB pathogenic variant in the absence of paraganglioma or …

AS Alzahrani, A Bin Nafisah, M Alswailem… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Context Germline succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB) pathogenic variants are
characteristic of familial paraganglioma (PGL) syndrome type 4. This syndrome frequently …

Somatic Activating ESR1 Mutation in an Aggressive Prolactinoma

T Paes, J Buelvas Mebarak, JC Magnotto… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Context and Objective The genetic profile of prolactinomas remains poorly
understood. Our objective is to identify somatic genetic alterations associated with …

Long-term use of clomiphene in male macroprolactinomas with persistent hypogonadism

MAM Stumpf, SA Galliano, CBF Bueno, A Glezer - Endocrine, 2024 - Springer
Background Men with macroprolactinoma can present persistent hypogonadism despite
normoprolactinemia achieved with clinical and/or neurosurgical treatment. Usually …

Long-term Discontinuation of Dopamine Agonist Treatment in Patients with Prolactinomas Revisited

E Sosa-Eroza, E Espinosa-Cárdenas - Archives of Medical Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The most common type of functioning pituitary adenomas is prolactinomas; unlike other
types, they are treated medically with dopamine agonists (DA). This treatment aims to …

Bromocriptine sensitivity in bromocriptine-induced drug-resistant prolactinomas is restored by inhibiting FGF19/FGFR4/PRL

Z Zhu, B Hu, D Zhu, X Li, D Chen, N Wu, Q Rao… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose At present, various treatment strategies are available for pituitary adenomas,
including medications, surgery and radiation. The guidelines indicate that pharmacological …

[HTML][HTML] Resistance to dopamine agonists in the treatment of prolactinomas: diagnostic criteria, mechanisms and ways to overcome it

IA Ilovayskaya, GR Vagapova - Almanac of Clinical Medicine, 2023 - almclinmed.ru
The priority treatment approach for prolactinomas is therapy with dopamine agonists, which
allows for elimination of clinical symptoms, normalization of prolactin levels, reduction of the …