Quality of life (QoL) impairments in patients with a pituitary adenoma: a systematic review of QoL studies

CD Andela, M Scharloo, AM Pereira, AA Kaptein… - Pituitary, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Pituitary adenomas give rise to physical and psychological symptoms, which may
persist after biochemical cure. Growing attention has been paid to quality of life (QoL) in …

Hormonal replacement in hypopituitarism in adults: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline

M Fleseriu, IA Hashim, N Karavitaki… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To formulate clinical practice guidelines for hormonal replacement in
hypopituitarism in adults. Participants: The participants include an Endocrine Society …

The natural history and treatment of non-functioning pituitary adenomas (non-functioning PitNETs)

MP Yavropoulou, M Tsoli, K Barkas… - Endocrine-Related …, 2020 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Non-functioning pituitary adenomas, recently alternatively termed pituitary neuroendocrine
tumours (NFpitNETs), are mostly benign neoplasms that are not associated with a hormonal …

[HTML][HTML] Non-functioning pituitary adenomas

JB Drummond, A Ribeiro-Oliveira Jr… - Endotext [Internet], 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
ABSTRACT Pituitary adenomas comprise approximately 10-20% of intracranial tumors. Non-
functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are benign adenohypophyseal tumors not …

Contemporary management of clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas: a clinical review

MH AlMalki, MM Ahmad, I Brema… - Clinical Medicine …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are benign pituitary tumours that constitute
about one-third of all pituitary adenomas. They typically present with symptoms of mass …

Management of endocrine disease: visual morbidity in patients with pituitary adenoma

K Lithgow, R Batra, T Matthews… - European journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Visual dysfunction is an important element in the morbidity encountered in patients with
pituitary adenoma leading to functional impairment and compromised quality of life. It …

Towards a better quality of life (QoL) for patients with pituitary diseases: results from a focus group study exploring QoL

CD Andela, ND Niemeijer, M Scharloo, J Tiemensma… - Pituitary, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Patients treated for pituitary adenomas generally report a reduced quality of life
(QoL). At present, the patient's perspective of QoL has not been fully addressed and this …

Quality of life after endoscopic surgical management of pituitary adenomas

M Castle-Kirszbaum, YY Wang, J King… - Neurosurgery, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported quality of life (QOL) is a vital metric for surgical success.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of surgery on QOL in the largest prospectively collected …

Management of endocrine disease: quality of life tools for the management of pituitary disease

SM Webb, I Crespo, A Santos, E Resmini… - European Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background In the last few years, quality of life (QoL) has become an outcome measure in
patients with pituitary diseases. Objective To describe the available data on QoL impairment …

How non-functioning pituitary adenomas can affect health-related quality of life: a conceptual model and literature review

CD Andela, DJ Lobatto, AM Pereira, WR van Furth… - Pituitary, 2018 - Springer
After treatment for a non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFA) health-related quality of life
(HR-QoL) improves considerably. However, the literature about the normalization of HR-QoL …