title: The role of octreotide (Sandostatin) in non-growth hormone-, non-thyroid-stimulating hormone-, and non-prolactin-secreting adenomas.
abstract: Octreotide may act on non-growth hormone-, non-thyroid-stimulating hormone, and non-prolactin-secreting adenomas. Its efficacy was reported in some corticotropin-secreting adenomas from Nelson's syndrome and from Cushing's disease. In gonadotropin-secreting adenomas, octreotide was shown to be effective in two of eight cases. In nonfunctioning adenomas, visual improvement was observed with octreotide in 14 of 23 cases in a French multicenter study. Among the 33 patients whose tumor volume was checked, shrinkage occurred in seven, but an increase in tumor volume was observed in another seven patients. Mechanism(s) and prediction of efficacy of octreotide remain to be documented.
authors.affiliation: Service Médecine B, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
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authors.lastname: Warnet
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009347:Nelson Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D015282:Octreotide