Effect of Temozolomide in a patient with recurring oncocytic gonadotrophic pituitary adenoma

Hormones

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-306

  Syro, Luis V ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Ortiz, Leon D ^c   Fadul, Camilo E ^d   Horvath, Eva ^e   Rotondo, Fabio ^e   Kovacs, Kalman ^e  

^a HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Clinica Las Americas   (Colombia)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

MGMT; Neoplasm; Pathology; Pituitary; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOCYTIC GONADOTROPHIC PITUITARY ADENOMA; ONCOLYTIC GONADOTROPHIC PITUITARY ADENOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT CANCER; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 74849098857     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1247     Document Type: Article

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