Temozolomide therapy for aggressive pituitary tumours–current understanding and future perspectives

P Burman, L Lamb, A McCormack - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic …, 2020 - Springer
The use of temozolomide (TMZ) for the management of aggressive pituitary tumours (APT)
has revolutionised clinical practice in this field with significantly improved clinical outcomes …

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 …

How effective is temozolomide for treating pituitary tumours and when should it be used?

C Halevy, BC Whitelaw - Pituitary, 2017 - Springer
Temozolomide (TMZ) has been shown as an effective treatment option in aggressive
pituitary adenomas and carcinomas. This review analyses the published case series and …

Efficacy of temozolomide therapy in patients with aggressive pituitary adenomas and carcinomas—a German survey

U Elbelt, SM Schlaffer, M Buchfelder… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context Despite growing evidence that temozolomide (TMZ) therapy is effective for the
treatment of aggressive pituitary tumors (APTs) or carcinomas (PCs), individual therapy …

Long-course temozolomide in aggressive pituitary adenoma: real-life experience in two tertiary care centers and review of the literature

L Lizzul, G Lombardi, M Barbot, F Ceccato… - Pituitary, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Aggressive pituitary adenomas (APAs) and pituitary carcinomas (PCs) are
challenging for their invasive nature, resistance to treatment and recurrences …

Temozolomide therapy for aggressive functioning pituitary adenomas refractory to surgery and radiation: a case series

JT Jordan, JJ Miller, T Cushing, M Seijo… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Treatment of aggressive pituitary adenomas typically involves a multimodality
approach based on histopathological features and may include pharmacotherapy, surgery …

Temozolomide treatment can improve overall survival in aggressive pituitary tumors and pituitary carcinomas

H Lasolle, C Cortet, F Castinetti, L Cloix… - European Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Only few retrospective studies have reported an efficacy rate of temozolomide
(TMZ) in pituitary tumors (PT), all around 50%. However, the long-term survival of treated …

How and when to use temozolomide to treat aggressive pituitary tumours

BC Whitelaw - Endocrine-related cancer, 2019 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Temozolomide is an oral chemotherapy used to treat aggressive pituitary tumours since
2006. It is inexpensive and well tolerated, the main side effects are fatigue, nausea and …

Temozolomide therapy for aggressive pituitary tumors: results in a small series of patients from Argentina

OD Bruno, L Juárez-Allen… - International Journal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated results of temozolomide (TMZ) therapy in six patients, aged 34–78 years,
presenting aggressive pituitary tumors. In all the patients tested O6‐methylguanine‐DNA …

Is there a role for early chemotherapy in the management of pituitary adenomas?

AL Lin, MW Sum, LM DeAngelis - Neuro-oncology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Pituitary adenomas are benign intracranial neoplasms that are frequently well-controlled
with standard treatments that include surgical resection, radiotherapy, and agents that …