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ReviewEndocrine pathology2015

Treatment of invasive silent somatotroph pituitary adenoma with temozolomide. Report of a case and review of the literature.

Ali A Ghazi, Fabio Rotondo, Kalman Kovacs, Alireza Amirbaigloo, Luis V Syro, Hussein Fathalla, Antonio Di Ieva, Michael D Cusimano

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Review in Endocrine pathology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ali A GhaziDepartment of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Fabio Rotondo
Kalman Kovacs
Alireza Amirbaigloo
Luis V Syro
Hussein Fathalla
Antonio Di Ieva
Michael D Cusimano
St. Michael's Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAHospital Pablo Tobon Uribe · COIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improved imaging techniques have contributed to increased diagnosis of pituitary tumors. These tumor types can be microadenomas or macroadenomas and can either be functional or non-functional. Atypical or aggressive pituitary adenomas are tumors that rapidly increase in size and may invade into the suprasellar or parasellar regions. They are characterized by a Ki-67 nuclear labeling index greater than 10 %. Management of these tumors is difficult, and many recur after surgery. Temozolomide, a second generation alkylating agent, has been showing promising results in the treatment of these tumors. The patient was a 39-year-old male diagnosed with an invasive silent somatotroph pituitary macroadenoma treated with temozolomide after surgery. We present the case along with the review of the literature of the therapeutic effects of temozolomide in somatotroph macroadenomas.

Indexed as

Asymptomatic DiseasesAdenomaAdultAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDacarbazineGrowth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary AdenomaHumansMaleNeoplasm InvasivenessTemozolomideAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDacarbazineTemozolomide

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PMID25716461
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