Is it possible to avoid hypopituitarism after irradiation of pituitary adenomas by the Leksell gamma knife?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-178

  Marek, Josef ^a   Ježková, Jana ^a   Hána, Václav ^a   Kršek, Michal ^a   Bandúrová, L'ubomíra ^a   Pecen, Ladislav ^b   Vladyka, Vilibald ^c   Liščák, Roman ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GONADAL DISEASE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; PITUITARY STALK; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751527735     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0733     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Hardy J. Transsphenoidal microsurgery of prolactinomas. In Secretory Tumors of the Pituitary Gland, pp 73-81. Eds PM Black, NT Zervas, EC Ridgway & JB Martin, New York: Raven Press, 1984.
2. Fahlbusch R & Buchfelder M. Present status of neurosurgery in the treatment of prolactinomas. Neurosurgical Review 1985 8 195-205. (doi:10.1007/BF01815444)
3. Freda PU, Sharon L, Wardlaw SL & Post KD. Long-term endocrinological follow-up evaluation in 115 patients who underwent transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly. Journal of Neurosurgery 1998 89 353-358. (doi:10.3171/jns.1998.89.3. 0353)
4. Swearingen B, Biller BMK, Barker FG, Katznelson L, Grinspoon S, Klibanski A & Zervas NT. Long-term mortality after transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease. Annals of Internal Medicine 1999 130 821-824. (Pubitemid 29231150)
5. Kreutzer J, Vance ML, Lopes MB & Laws ER Jr. Surgical management of GH- secreting pituitary adenomas: an outcome study using modern remission criteria. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2001 86 4072-4077. (doi:10.1210/jc.86.9.4072)
6. Jane JA Jr & Laws ER. The surgical management of pituitary adenomas in a series of 3,093 patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2001 193 650-659. (doi:10.1016/S1072-7515(01)01101-2)
7. Barrande G, Pittino-Lungo M, Coste J, Ponvert D, Bertagna X, Luton JP & Bertherat J. Hormonal and metabolic effects of radiotherapy in acromegaly: long-term results in 128 patients followed in a single center. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2000 85 3779-3785. (doi:10.1210/jc.85.10. 3779)
8. Biermasz NR, van Dulken H & Roelfsema F. Postoperative radiotherapy in acromegaly is effective in reducing GH concentration to safe levels. Clinical Endocrinology 2000 53 321-327. (doi:10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01095.x)
9. Minniti G, Jaffrain-Rea M, Osti M, Esposito V, Santoro A, Solda F, Gargiulo P, Tamburrano G & Enrici RM. The long-term efficacy of conventional radiotherapy in patients with GH-secreting pituitary adenomas. Clinical Endocrinology 2005 62 210-216. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02199.x)
10. Flickinger JC, Nelson PB, Taylor FH & Robinson A. Incidence of cerebral infarction after radiotherapy for pituitary adenoma. Cancer 1989 63 2404-2408. (doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19890615)63:12〈2404::AID- CNCR2820631205〉3.0.CO;2-3)
11. Fukamachi A, Wakao T & Akai J. Brain stem necrosis after irradiation of pituitary adenoma. Surgical Neurology 1982 18 343-350. (doi:10.1016/0090- 3019(82)90146-X)
12. Bowen J & Paulsen CA. Stroke after pituitary irradiation. Stroke 1992 23 908-911.
13. Brada M, Rajan B, Traish D, Ashley S, Holmes-Sellors J & Uttley D. The long-term efficacy of conservative surgery and radiotherapy in the control of pituitary adenomas. Clinical Endocrinology 1993 38 571-578. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1993.tb02137.x) (Pubitemid 23168470)
14. Fisher BJ, Gaspar LE & Noone B. Radiation therapy of pituitary adenoma: delayed sequelae. Radiology 1993 187 843-846.
15. Liščák R, Vladyka V, Marek J, Šimonová G & Vymazal J. Gamma knife radiosurgery for endocrine-inactive pituitary adenomas. Acta Neurochirurgica 2007 149 999-1006. (doi:10.1007/s00701-007-1253- 7)
16. Sheehan JP, Niranjan A, Sheehan JM, Jane JA, Laws ER, Kondziolka D, Flickinger J, Landolt AM, Loeffler JS & Lunsford LD. Stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas: an intermediate review of its safety, efficacy, and role in the neurosurgical treatment armamentarium. Journal of Neurosurgery 2005 102 678-691. (doi:10.3171/jns.2005.102.4.0678)
17. Pollock BE, Nippoldt TB, Stafford SL, Foote RL & Abboud ChF. Results of stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with hormone-producing pituitary adenomas: factors associated with endocrine normalization. Journal of Neurosurgery 2002 97 525-530. (doi:10.3171/jns.2002.97.3.0525)
18. Sheehan JP, Kondziolka D, Flickinger J & Lunsford LD. Radiosurgery for residual or recurrent nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma. Journal of Neurosurgery 2002 97 (Supplement 5) 408-414. (doi:10.3171/jns.2002.97. supplement5.0408)
19. Wowra B & Stummer W. Efficacy of gamma knife radiosurgery for nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: a quantitative follow up with magnetic resonance imaging-based volumetric analysis. Journal of Neurosurgery 2002 97 (Supplement 5) 429-432. (doi:10.3171/jns.2002.97.supplement5.0429)
20. Feigl GCh, Bonelli ChM, Berghold A & Mokry M. Effects of gamma knife radiosurgery of pituitary adenomas on pituitary function. Journal of Neurosurgery 2002 97 (Supplement 5) 415-421.
21. Ježková J, Marek J, Hána V, Kršek M, Weiss V, Vladyka V, Liščák R, Vymazal J & Pecen L. Gamma knife radiosurgery for acromegaly - long-term experience. Clinical Endocrinology 2006 64 588-595. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02513.x)
22. Vladyka V, Liščák R, Novotný J Jr, Marek J & Ježková J. Radiation tolerance of functioning pituitary tissue in gamma knife surgery for pituitary adenomas. Neurosurgery 2003 52 309-317. (doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000043709.53906.31) (Pubitemid 36159417)
23. Novotný J Jr, Novotný J, Vymazal J, Lišč ák R & Vladyka V. Assessment of the accuracy of stereotactic target localization using magnetic resonance imaging: phantom study. Journal of Radiosurgery 1998 1 99-111. (doi:10.1023/B:JORA.0000010893.37324.87)
24. Abs R, Bengtsson BA, Hernberg-Stahl E, Monson JP, Tauber JP, Wilton P & Wüster Ch. GH replacement in 1034 growth hormone deficient hypopituitary adults: demographic and clinical characteristics, dosing and safety. Clinical Endocrinology 1999 50 703-713. (doi:10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999. 00695.x)
25. Littley MD, Shalet SM & Beardwell CG. Hypopituitarism following external beam radiotherapy for pituitary tumours in adults. Quarterly Journal of Medicine 1989 70 145-160.
26. Schalin-Jäntti C, Valanne L, Tenhunen M, Setälä K, Paetau A, Sane T & Kouri M. Outcome of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in patients with pituitary adenomas resistant to conventional treatment: a 5.25-year follow-up study. Clinical Endocrinology 2010 73 72-77.
27. Roug S, Rasmussen AK, Juhler M, Kosteljanetz M, Poulsgaard L, Heeboll H, Roed H & Feldt-Rasmussen U. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in patients with acromegaly: an interim single-centre audit. European Journal of Endocrinology 2010 162 685-694. (doi:10.1530/EJE-09-1045)
28. Ikeda H, Jokura H & Yoshimoto T. Transsphenoidal surgery and adjuvant gamma knife treatment for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma. Journal of Neurosurgery 2001 95 285-291. (doi:10.3171/jns.2001.95.2.0285)
29. Morange-Ramos I, Regis J, Dufour H, Andrieu JM, Grisoli F, Jaquet P & Peragut JC. Short-term endocrinological results after gamma knife surgery of pituitary adenoma. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 1998 70 (Supplement 1) 127-138. (doi:10.1159/000056415)
30. Landolt AM, Haller D, Lomax N, Scheib S, Schubiger O, Siegfried J & Wellis G. Stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent surgically treated acromegaly: comparison with fractionated radiotherapy. Journal of Neurosurgery 1998 88 1002-1008. (doi:10.3171/jns.1998.88.6.1002)
31. Lim YL, Leem W, Kim TS, Rhee BA & Kim GK. Four years' experience in the treatment of pituitary adenomas with gamma knife radiosurgery. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 1998 70 (Supplement 1) 95-109. (doi:10.1159/ 000056412)
32. Kim SH, Huh R, Chang JW, Park YG & Chung SS. Gamma knife radiosurgery for functioning pituitary adenomas. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 1999 72 (Supplement 1) 101-110. (doi:10.1159/000056445)
33. Mokry M, Ramschak-Schwarzer S, Simbrunner J, Ganz JC & Pendl G. A six year experience with the postoperative radiosurgical management of pituitary adenomas. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 1999 72 (Supplement 1) 88-100. (doi:10.1159/000056444)
34. Sheehan JM, Vance ML, Sheehan JP, Ellegala DB & Laws ER Jr. Radiosurgery for Cushing's disease after failed transsphenoidal surgery. Journal of Neurosurgery 2000 93 738-742. (doi:10.3171/jns.2000.93.5.0738)
35. Pollock BE & Carpenter PC. Stereotactic radiosurgery as an alternative to fractionated radiotherapy for patients with recurrent or residual nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas. Neurosurgery 2003 53 1086-1094. (doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000088661.81189.66)
36. Attanasio R, Epaminonda P, Motti E, Giugni E, Ventrella L, Cozzi R, Farabola M, Loli P, Beck-Peccoz P & Arosio M. Gamma-knife radiosurgery in acromegaly: a 4-year follow-up study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2003 88 3105-3112. (doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021663)
37. Petrovich Z, Yu C, Gianotta SL, Zee CS & Apuzzo ML. Gamma knife radiosurgery for pituitary adenoma: early results. Neurosurgery 2003 53 51-59. (doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000068702.00330.47)
38. Losa M, Valle M, Mortini P, Franzin A, da Passano CF, Cenzato M, Bianchi S, Picozzi P & Giovanelli M. Gamma knife surgery for treatment of residual nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas after surgical debulking. Journal of Neurosurgery 2004 100 438-444. (doi:10.3171/jns.2004.100.3.0438)
39. Castinetti F, Taieb D, Kuhn JM, Chanson P, Tamura M, Jaquet P, Conte-Devolx B, Régis J, Dufour H & Brue T. Outcome of gamma knife radiosurgery in 82 patients with acromegaly: correlation with initial hypersecretion. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2005 90 4483-4488. (doi:10.1210/jc.2005-0311)
40. Landolt AM, Lomax N, Scheib SG & Girard J. Gamma knife surgery after fractionated radiotherapy for acromegaly. Journal of Neurosurgery 2006 105 31-36. (doi:10.3171/sup.2006.105.7.31)
41. Mingione V, Yen ChP, Vance ML, Steiner M, Sheehan J, Laws E & Steiner L. Gamma knife surgery in the treatment of nonsecretary pituitary macroadenoma. Journal of Neurosurgery 2006 104 876-883. (doi:10.3171/jns.2006.104.6.876)
42. Pouratian N, Sheehan J, Jagannathan J, Laws ER, Steiner L & Vance ML. Gamma knife radiosurgery for medically and surgically refractory prolactinomas. Neurosurgery 2006 59 255-264. (doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000223445.22938.BD)
43. Pollock BE, Jacob JT, Brown PD & Nippoldt TB. Radiosurgery for growth hormone-producing pituitary adenomas: factors associated with biochemical remission. Journal of Neurosurgery 2007 106 833-838. (doi:10.3171/jns.2007.106. 5.833)
44. Jagannathan J, Sheehan JP, Pouratian N, Laws ER, Steiner L & Vance ML. Gamma knife surgery for Cushing's disease. Journal of Neurosurgery 2007 106 980-987. (doi:10.3171/jns.2007.106.6.980)
45. Pollock BE, Cochran J, Natt N, Brown PD, Erickson D, Link MJ, Garces YI, Foote LR, Stafford SL & Schomberg PJ. Gamma knife radiosurgery for patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: results from a 15-year experience. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 2008 70 1325-1329. (doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.018)
46. Castinetti F, Nagai M, Dfour H, Kuhn JM, Morange I, Jaquet P, Conte-Devolx B, Regis J & Brue T. Gamma knife radiosurgery is a successful adjunctive treatment in Cushing's disease. European Journal of Endocrinology 2007 156 91-98. (doi:10.1530/eje.1.02323)
47. Ježková J, Hána V, Kršek M, Weiss V, Vladyka V, Liščák R, Vymazal J, Pecen L & Marek J. Use of the Leksell gamma knife in the treatment of prolactinoma patients. Clinical Endocrinology 2009 70 732-741. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03384.x)