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Acromegaly
Research on acromegaly described by scientists at Churchill Hospital
July 1st, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Endocrinology, " Macroadenomas causing acromegaly are cured surgically in only around 50% of patients. Primary medical treatment with somatostatin analogues has been suggested to be a means of treating patients with a potentially poor surgical outcome." "Previous retrospective studies have also suggested that surgical debulking of pituitary tumours causing acromegaly improves control by somatostatin analogues. No prospective study using lanreotide has been carried out thus far to assess whether this is the case. We carried out a prospective study to assess whether surgical debulking of pituitary...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-01)
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