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Radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas.

Brada M, Jankowska P

Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK. michael.brada@icr.ac.uk

This article describes the technical aspects and the clinical results of conventional radiotherapy and modern stereotactic radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas. Systematic review of the published literature provides a factual basis for the comparison and the selection of appropriate radiation technique in patients who have secreting and nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas not cured with surgery and medical therapy.

Published 29 January 2008 in Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am, 37(1): 263-75, xi.
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