Temozolomide in aggressive pituitary tumours and pituitary carcinomas

A McCormack - Best practice & research Clinical endocrinology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Survival for patients with aggressive pituitary tumours (APT) and pituitary carcinomas (PC)
has significantly improved following the increasing use of temozolomide (TMZ) since the first …

Outcome and prognostic factors for pituitary carcinomas: lessons from a systematic review

P Raymond, G Raverot, MD Ilie - Endocrine-related cancer, 2023 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Purpose The purpose of this work was toinvestigate the clinicopathological characteristics at
the initial diagnosis of the pituitary tumor and at pituitary carcinoma (PC) diagnosis …

Progress in research and development of temozolomide brain-targeted preparations: a review

J Yang, Y Xu, Z Fu, J Chen, W Fan… - Journal of Drug Targeting, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Gliomas are a heterogeneous group of brain tumours with high malignancy, for which
surgical resection remains the mainstay of treatment at present. However, the overall …

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 …

Epigenome-wide association study of systemic effects of obesity susceptibility in human twins

GE Duncan, A Avery, MB Maamar, EE Nilsson… - Epigenetics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The current study was designed to use an epigenome-wide association approach (EWAS) to
identify potential systemic DNA methylation alterations that are associated with obesity using …

Temozolomide nonresponsiveness in aggressive prolactinomas and carcinomas: management and outcomes

L Das, A Rai, P Salunke, CK Ahuja… - Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Context Temozolomide (TMZ) is endorsed as the treatment of choice in aggressive or
malignant pituitary adenomas. Objective Herein we describe a case of an aggressive …

The biological behavior and clinical outcome of pituitary adenoma are affected by the microenvironment

Y Li, X Ren, W Gao, R Cai, J Wu, T Liu… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pituitary adenoma is one of the most common brain tumors. Most pituitary
adenomas are benign and can be cured by surgery and/or medication. However, some …

Efficacy and safety of temozolomide in the treatment of aggressive pituitary neuroendocrine tumours in Spain

C Lamas, R Cámara, C Fajardo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Current guidelines recommend temozolomide as the first-line chemotherapy for aggressive
pituitary neuroendocrine tumours. However, no clinical trials have been conducted to date …

Prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas: male-specific differences in pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment

L Dzialach, J Sobolewska, Z Zak… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Prolactinomas (PRLomas) constitute approximately half of all pituitary adenomas and
approximately one-fifth of them are diagnosed in males. The clinical presentation of …

Knowing when to discontinue Temozolomide therapy in responding aggressive pituitary tumors and carcinomas: a systematic review and Padua (Italy) case series

M Padovan, G Cerretti, M Caccese… - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Pituitary adenomas can show a tendency to grow, despite multimodal treatment.
Temozolomide (TMZ) has been used in the last 15 years in patients with aggressive pituitary …