T” is for tumour and although that often sounds scary, patients diagnosed with pituitary adenoma should know another “T” word ...

In multigenerational FIPA families, children/grandchildren present with pituitary tumors earlier than their parents/grandparents. Together, prolactinomas and somatotropinomas comprise 75% of the ...

As most tumors respond readily to dopamine agonists in terms of reductions in prolactin levels and decreased volume, radiotherapy should now rarely be used in the treatment of prolactinoma.

The pituitary gland is the most important gland in the body. It produces hormones which control all of the other glands in the body. Pituitary adenomas are tiny lumps which grow within the pituitary ...

The review tracks the remarkable evolution of treatment approaches across different types of pituitary tumors. For prolactinomas, the most common type of hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma ...

In about 80% of families the gene causing the disease is unknown. The pituitary tumour types occurring in these families are most commonly growth hormone-secreting adenomas (causing acromegaly or ...

Actress Paty Navidad decided to open up to her followers about her health status, through a video she posted on her social networks.