Clinical, hormonal and pathomorphological markers of somatotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumors predicting the treatment outcome in acromegaly

Clinical, hormonal and pathomorphological markers of somatotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumors predicting the treatment outcome in acromegaly

BackgroundTranssphenoidal adenomectomy (TSS) of somatotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET) is the first-line treatment of acromegaly. Pharmacological treatment is recommended if surgery is contraindicated or did not lead to disease remission. The choice of treatment best fitting each patien...

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Main Authors: Agnieszka Tomasik, Maria Stelmachowska-Banaś, Maria Maksymowicz, Izabella Czajka-Oraniec, Dorota Raczkiewicz, Grzegorz Zieliński, Jacek Kunicki, Wojciech Zgliczyński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
pathological results
somatotroph tumors
treatment outcome
acromegaly
surgical remission
response to somatostatin receptor ligands
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.957301/full

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