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Other resources for patients with pituitary tumors

MGH Neuroendocrine Clinical Center Bulletin Archive
- Stereotactic Proton Irradiation of Pituitary Adenomas.
- Acromegaly: Complications and Therapeutic Update.
- Prolactinomas Resistant to Standard Dopamine Agonists Respond to Chronic Cabergoline Treatment.
- Pituitary Irradiation is Ineffective in Normalizing Plasma Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 in Patients with Acromegaly.
- Long-term Mortality and Morbidity after Transsphenoidal Surgery
- Cabergoline - A New Dopamine Agonist for the Therapy of Prolactinoma
- Headaches and Pituitary Tumors
- Management of Recurrent Pituitary Adenomas
- Indications for Treatment of Microprolactinomas: An Update
- Clinical Uses of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in the Evaluation of Patients with Cushing's Syndrome
- Medical Management of Acromegaly with Octreotide
- Advances in Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Adults
- Surgical Mangement of Cushing's Disease
- Major Diagnostic Advance: Bilateral Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling in Cushing's Syndrome
- Clinically Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas: Characterization and Diagnosis
A listing of some common symtoms of pituitary adenomas
Pituitary Tumor Network Association Homepage
NIH's PDQ
- Pituitary tumor: Patient/Family Information
- Pituitary tumor: Information for Physicians
- In Spanish: Tumor de la glandula pituitaria from Ask NOAH
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Oncolink: Pituitary Cancer
Information on bromocryptine (Parlodel)
Information on Octreotide

Patient Stories

A Non-secreting Pituitary 'Tumor'; a Patient's Account by Mary Lou Jepsen (mlj@cs.brown.edu)
Cushing's Disease; a patient's story on-line.
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