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PITUITARY
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 15-22Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0089-3
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Pituitary adenoma; Non-secreting; Conventional radiotherapy; Conformal radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery
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Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice for NFPA but is seldom curative. The management of patients in whom residual tumor is detected after surgery is not clear-cut. Radiation therapy is effective in controlling tumor mass in the majority of patients, but is associated with long term complications that call for restriction of its use to patients at high risk for tumor growth. New radiation techniques may prove to be safer while retaining the effectiveness of conventional radiotherapy, however longer follow-up is necessary to confirm this assumption. For now, it appears to be safe to withhold radiation and carefully follow patients with small tumor remnants, whereas large remnants from invasive tumors should be considered for radiotherapy. Nevertheless, there are no prospective controlled studies that support this empirical approach.
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