GH replacement in patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFA) treated solely by surgery is not associated with increased risk of tumour recurrence - Arnold, J. R.; Arnold, D. F.; Marland, A.; Karavitaki, N.; Wass, J. A. H. (Clinical endocrinology (Oxford), 2009)
Keywords: Adenoma - surgery; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Endocrinopathies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Growth Hormone - adverse effects; Growth Hormone - deficiency; Growth Hormone - therapeutic use; Humans; Hypothalamus. Hypophysis. Epiphysis (diseases); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology; Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms; Pituitary Neoplasms - surgery; Regression Analysis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Endocrinopathy; Human; Relapse; Replacement therapy; Patient; Risk; Somatotropin; Association; Adenohypophyseal hormone; Surgery; Risk factor; Pituitary diseases; Pituitary adenoma; Tumor; Endocrinology