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Recent advances in the treatment of acromegaly
1California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Purpose Of Review:
Description of recent outcomes and approaches to the treatment of patients with de-novo and recurrent acromegaly.
Recent Findings:
Radiosurgery for acromegaly results in a higher likelihood of remission and an earlier time to remission than does conventional radiotherapy. Somatostatin analogs results in control of acromegaly and one half of patients. Combining treatment with pegvisomant and somatostatin analogs results in overall improved quality of life.
Summary:
Existing treatments offer patients and their treating physicians opportunities to restore life expectancy to normal and reverse many of the symptoms and signs of acromegaly.
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