Long-term results of radiation therapy for pituitary adenoma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-84

  Kokubo, Masaki ^a   Sasai, Keisuke ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^b   Aoki, Tetsuya ^a   Oya, Natsuo ^a   Mitsumori, Michihide ^a   Takahashi, Jun A ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hormonal replacement; Hormone producing tumor; Late adverse effects; Pituitary adenoma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; PROLACTINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033909860     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006450024305     Document Type: Article

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