Can we ever stop imaging in surgically treated and radiotherapy-naive patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 739-744

  Reddy, Raghava ^a   Cudlip, Simon ^b   Byrne, James V ^b   Karavitaki, Niki ^a   Wass, John A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054803215     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0566     Document Type: Article

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