Treatment of pituitary adenomas using radiosurgery and radiotherapy: A single center experience and review of literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-189

  Sun, Daniel Q ^a   Cheng, Jennifer J ^a   Frazier, James L ^a   Batra, Sachin ^a   Wand, Gary ^a   Kleinberg, Lawrence R ^a   Rigamonti, Daniele ^a   Quinones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^a   Salvatori, Roberto ^a   Lim, Michael ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractionated radiotherapy; Pituitary adenoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; OCTREOTIDE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; CUSHING DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EYE FUNDUS; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE COMPRESSION; OPTIC CHIASM; PALLOR; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOTHERAPY; REMISSION; SALIVA LEVEL; SALIVARY FREE CORTISOL LEVEL; SELLAR CYST; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; URINARY FREE CORTISOL LEVEL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROLACTIN; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958212811     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0285-2     Document Type: Article

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