ArticleJournal of neuro-oncology2016
Temozolomide therapy in patients with aggressive pituitary adenomas or carcinomas.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of antineoplastic drug therapies on carcinoma and aggressive pituitary tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pituitary · 2025Pooled it
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent/residual nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma: a single-arm systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical Efficacy of Temozolomide and Its Predictors in Aggressive Pituitary Tumors and Pituitary Carcinomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Role of Surgery in the Multimodal Treatment of Pituitary Carcinoma: A Retrospective Single-Institution Case Series.Cancers · 2026Article
- Real-world insights in the use of temozolomide for aggressive pituitary tumours remind us what we still don't know.Pituitary · 2026Article
- Temozolomide in aggressive and metastatic pituitary tumors: a Brazilian multicenter real-world cohort study.Pituitary · 2026Article
- Status of temozolomide use without insurance coverage in patients with aggressive pituitary neuroendocrine tumors.Endocrine journal · 2025Article
- Temozolomide (TMZ) in the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme-A Literature Review and Clinical Outcomes.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Review
- Clinical features of pituitary carcinoma: analysis based on a case report and literature review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Diagnosis and management of prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas: a Pituitary Society international Consensus Statement.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2023Review
- Aggressive Pituitary Tumors and Pituitary Carcinomas: From Pathology to Treatment.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Article
- Refractory Pit1 plurihormonal tumours and thyrotroph adenomas.Pituitary · 2023Review
- Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Pituitary Gland.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023Article
- Multidisciplinary management of difficult/aggressive growth-hormone pituitary neuro-endocrine tumors.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Efficacy and safety of temozolomide in the treatment of aggressive pituitary neuroendocrine tumours in Spain.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas, characteristics and management of 171 patients.European journal of endocrinology · 2022Article
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- Aggressive prolactinomas responsive to temozolomide treatment: Report of two cases.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Delayed Craniospinal Metastasis of Aggressive Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas as Pituitary Carcinomas.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2022Article
- Efficacy of temozolomide combined with capecitabine (CAPTEM) on refractory prolactinomas as assessed using an ex vivo 3D spheroid assay.Pituitary · 2022Article
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Abstract
Temozolomide is effective in some patients with progressive pituitary adenoma or carcinoma. We report a survey study of Italian patients treated with Temozolomide because of aggressive pituitary adenoma or carcinoma resistant to standard therapies. Italian endocrinologists were surveyed and asked to participate into the study. A questionnaire was sent to all those who agreed and had used Temozolomide in at least one patient with pituitary tumor. Database was closed in December 2013. A literature review was also performed. Thirty-one patients were included into the analysis. Mean age at start of Temozolomide treatment was 58.3 ± 1.9 years (± standard error). Six of the 31 (19.4%) Italian patients had a pituitary carcinoma. Twenty-five patients (80.6%) had disease control during Temozolomide treatment, while 6 patients (19.4%) had disease progression. Median follow-up after beginning Temozolomide was 43 months. Thirteen patients had tumor growth after stopping Temozolomide. The 2-year progression-free survival was 47.7% (95% CI 29.5-65.9%), while the 2-year disease control duration was 59.1% (95% CI 39.1-79.1%). Eleven patients died of progressive disease and other two patients of unrelated causes. The 2-year and 4-year overall survival rates were 83.9% (95% CI 70.7-97.1%) and 59.6% (95% CI 40.0-79.2%), respectively. Temozolomide is an additional effective therapeutic option for the treatment of aggressive pituitary tumors. The drug is well tolerated and causes few severe adverse effects. Recurrence of the tumor can occur after an initial positive response and usually portends a grim outcome.
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