The Role of Radiotherapy in Acromegaly

The long-term side effects of radiation therapy for benign brain tumors in adults

1990 • 376 citations

Conventional Supervoltage Irradiation Is an Effective Treatment for Acromegaly

1979 • 244 citations

Acromegaly

1994 • 230 citations

Radiation therapy for pituitary adenoma: Treatment outcome and prognostic factors

1994 • 215 citations

Insulin-like growth factor-1 is a potent neuronal rescue agent after hypoxic-ischemic injury in fetal lambs.

1996 • 182 citations

Pituitary Irradiation Is Ineffective in Normalizing Plasma Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in Patients with Acromegaly¹

1997 • 181 citations

Three Year Follow-Up of Acromegalic Patients Treated with Intramuscular Slow-Release Lanreotide¹

1997 • 177 citations

Sandostatin LAR in Acromegalic Patients: Long Term Treatment

1997 • 174 citations

Depot long-acting somatostatin analog (Sandostatin-LAR) is an effective treatment for acromegaly.

1995 • 151 citations

Radiation Therapy of Acromegaly

1992 • 143 citations

HOW EFFECTIVE IS EXTERNAL PITUITARY IRRADIATION FOR GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY TUMOURS?

1984 • 114 citations

Characterization of 24‐hour growth hormone secretion in acromegaly: implications for diagnosis and therapy

1994 • 109 citations

Three Year Follow-Up of Acromegalic Patients Treated with Intramuscular Slow-Release Lanreotide

1997 • 99 citations

Pituitary Irradiation Is Ineffective in Normalizing Plasma Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in Patients with Acromegaly

1997 • 99 citations

The sensitivity of growth hormone secretion to medical treatment in acromegalic patients: influence of age and sex

1992 • 98 citations

Serum insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 levels in the diagnosis of acromegaly.

1995 • 83 citations

Insulin-like growth factor-1 attenuates apoptosis in hippocampal neurons caused by cerebral ischemia and reperfusion in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.

1997 • 81 citations

Incidence of second brain tumours after pituitary irradiation in Edinburgh 1962–1990

1994 • 75 citations

Sandostatin LAR in acromegalic patients: a dose-range study.

1995 • 66 citations

Sandostatin LAR in Acromegalic Patients: Long Term Treatment

1997 • 62 citations

Results of radiotherapy in the treatment of acromegaly: Lack of ophthalmologic complications

1990 • 56 citations

Depot long-acting somatostatin analog (Sandostatin-LAR) is an effective treatment for acromegaly

1995 • 52 citations

Effect of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 on the inflammatory response to acute renal injury.

1996 • 50 citations

Serum insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 levels in the diagnosis of acromegaly

1995 • 43 citations

Somatostatin Analogs in the Treatment of Acromegaly

1992 • 43 citations

Relationship between growth hormone and Somatomedin‐C levels in untreated acromegaly, after surgery and radiotherapy and during medical therapy with Sandostatin (SMS 201–995)

1987 • 40 citations

Sandostatin LAR in acromegalic patients: a dose-range study

1995 • 38 citations

Use of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-binding protein-3 in the diagnosis of acromegaly and growth hormone deficiency in adults.

1996 • 34 citations

Long-term visual changes following pituitary irradiation

1995 • 28 citations

Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Inhibit Repair of Potentially Lethal Radiation Damage and Chromosome Aberrations and Alter DNA Repair Kinetics in Plateau-Phase A549 Cells

1995 • 26 citations

The effectiveness of external beam radiotherapy for acromegaly is not affected by previous pituitary ablative treatments

1990 • 23 citations

The influence of air cavities on the optic chiasm dose during pituitary radiotherapy for acromegaly

1996 • 8 citations

Effectiveness and tolerability of slow release lanreotide treatment in active acromegaly: six-month report on an Italian multicentre study

1996 • 5 citations

Depot Somatostatin Analogs--A New First Line Therapy for Acromegaly

1997 • 3 citations