Radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas.
This article describes the technical aspects and the clinical results of conventional radiotherapy and modern stereotactic radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas. Systematic review of the published literature provides a factual basis for the comparison and the selection of appropriate radiation technique in patients who have secreting and nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas not cured with surgery and medical therapy.
Brada
Michael
M
Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK. michael.brada@icr.ac.uk
Jankowska
Petra
P
D006801:Humans; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted