Evidence of improved surgical outcome following endoscopy for nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma removal: Personal experience and review of the literature

M Messerer, G Raverot, S Kassis, J Dubourg… - Neurosurgical …, 2011 - thejns.org
Object Because of their size and lateral extension, total removal of nonfunctioning pituitary
adenomas (NFPAs) remains a challenge and postoperative tumor remnants are frequent …

Treatment of pituitary neoplasms with temozolomide: a review

LV Syro, LD Ortiz, BW Scheithauer, R Lloyd, Q Lau… - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Temozolomide, an orally administered alkylating agent, is used to treat malignant gliomas.
Recent reports also have documented its efficacy in the treatment of pituitary adenomas and …

Can we ever stop imaging in surgically treated and radiotherapy-naive patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma?

R Reddy, S Cudlip, JV Byrne… - European Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFAs) are slow-growing tumours with
reported re-growth rates following surgical resection alone of up to 50% at 10 years …

Dopamine agonist–resistant prolactinomas: A review

MC Oh, MK Aghi - Journal of neurosurgery, 2011 - thejns.org
The authors' object in this paper was to review the definition, epidemiology, biology,
resistance mechanisms, and treatment options for dopamine agonist–resistant …

Levels of p27 sensitize to dual PI3K/mTOR inhibition

M Lee, M Theodoropoulou, J Graw, F Roncaroli… - Molecular cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Constitutive activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mTOR signaling
cascade occurs in a variety of human malignancies, where it sustains tumor cell proliferation …

Non-functioning pituitary adenomas: a single center experience

P Anagnostis, F Adamidou, SA Polyzos… - Experimental and …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction: To describe the clinical imaging and hormonal characteristics and the natural
course of patients with clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) presenting at …

The postoperative monitoring of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas

JAH Wass, R Reddy, N Karavitaki - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2011 - nature.com
Clinically nonfunctioning pituitary tumors are common in tertiary endocrine practice.
Although it is widely accepted that patients with these adenomas require long-term …

The role of radiation therapy in the management of non-functioning pituitary adenomas

M Losa, P Picozzi, M Motta, M Valle, A Franzin… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Surgical removal of non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) is the first-choice therapeutic
option, but radical removal of the tumor cannot be accomplished in all patients. The best …

Pituitary adenomas

G Zada, W Woodmansee, U Kaiser… - Primary Central Nervous …, 2011 - Springer
Neoplasms of the pituitary gland and sellar region constitute a unique crossroads in
medicine. The clinical manifestations of pituitary tumors are defined by their relationship with …

Analysis of differential gene expression by bead-based fiber-optic array in nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas

Z Jiang, S Gui, Y Zhang - Hormone and Metabolic Research, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are relatively common, accounting for 30% of
all pituitary adenomas; however, their pathogenesis remains enigmatic. To explore the …