Quality of life and cognitive function in patients with pituitary insufficiency

P Burman, JB Deijen - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1998 - karger.com
This review is concerned with the psychosocial functioning and the quality of life in patients
with pituitary insufficiency who are receiving conventional hormone replacement therapy …

Integration of surgery with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for treatment of nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas

SH Paek, MB Downes, G Bednarz, WM Keane… - International Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) after
surgery in the management of residual or recurrent nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas with …

Depression in patients with high-grade glioma: results of the Glioma Outcomes Project

NS Litofsky, E Farace, F Anderson Jr, CA Meyers… - …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of depression among patients undergoing surgery for
high-grade glioma, document factors associated with the presence of depression, and …

Long-term recurrence and mortality after surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy for nonfunctional pituitary adenomas

EF Chang, G Zada, S Kim, KR Lamborn… - Journal of …, 2008 - thejns.org
Object Long-term outcomes following surgery for nonfunctional pituitary adenomas (NFPAs)
are unclear. The role of adjuvant radiation therapy is therefore controversial because it is …

Quality of life is decreased after treatment for nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma

OM Dekkers, AA Van der Klaauw… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Although a reduced quality of life (QoL) has been reported after long-term cure of
functioning pituitary adenomas, the effect of successful treatment of nonfunctioning pituitary …

Gamma knife surgery for treatment of residual nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas after surgical debulking

M Losa, M Valle, P Mortini, A Franzin… - Journal of …, 2004 - thejns.org
Object. Radiation therapy diminishes the risk of recurrence of incompletely removed
nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma (NPA). The authors evaluated the efficacy and safety of …

Long‐term negative impact on quality of life in patients with successfully treated Cushing's disease

AH Heald, S Ghosh, S Bray, C Gibson… - Clinical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Summary objective A cohort of pituitary tumour patients, who had undergone definitive
treatment within a 15‐year period at a single neuroscience centre, were investigated as to …

Comparison of quality of life after transnasal endoscopic vs open skull base tumor resection

A Abergel, O Cavel, N Margalit… - … –Head & Neck Surgery, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To evaluate the impact of the open and endoscopic skull base surgery performed
by the same team on patients' quality of life. Design Retrospective survey. Setting University …

Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma: incidence, causes of death and quality of life in relation to pituitary function

EH Nielsen, J Lindholm, P Laurberg, P Bjerre… - Pituitary, 2007 - Springer
The incidence of clinically significant, nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma, requiring surgical
treatment, has not been established. According to previous studies, both surgery type and …

Radiotherapy for craniopharyngioma

A Aggarwal, N Fersht, M Brada - Pituitary, 2013 - Springer
Radiotherapy remains the mainstay of multidisciplinary management of patients with
incompletely resected and recurrent craniopharyngioma. Advances in imaging and …