title: Pathogenesis of pituitary tumors.
abstract: This article focuses on the molecular events associated with pituitary tumorigenesis. An accurate description of the molecular pathogenesis of pituitary adenomas will have an important impact on clinical practice: identification of specific molecular markers of tumor invasiveness and recurrence will allow earlier therapeutic intervention and selection of appropriate follow-up protocols; family screening may become practically feasible; and potent subcellular therapies may be developed for patients with nonfunctioning tumors, in whom nonsurgical therapies are ineffective, and for those with resistant hormone-secreting tumors.
authors: Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA.
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authors: Melmed
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000503:physiopathology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009154:Mutation; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology