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ReviewPituitary2023

Refractory nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas.

Tamara Kolitz, Yona Greenman

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Review in Pituitary, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tamara KolitzInstitute of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Hypertension, Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, 6423906, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Yona GreenmanInstitute of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Hypertension, Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, 6423906, Tel Aviv, Israel. yonagr@tlvmc.gov.il.
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · ILTel Aviv University · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) comprise silent tumors of different pituitary lineages that tend to escape early detection and present as invasive macroadenomas with symptoms of mass effect. Incomplete surgical resection is common and may be followed by significant rates of subsequent remnant progression. Pituitary tumors are defined as refractory when resistance to optimal standard therapies including surgery, radiotherapy, and medical treatment is documented. In the absence of approved medications for the treatment of NFPAs, the last criterion to classify these tumors as refractory is ill defined. Silent corticotroph and null cell adenomas have been reported, albeit not in all studies, to be larger and recur more often compared with silent gonadotroph tumors. Nevertheless, it is currently unknown if certain NFPA subtypes are more often refractory using well defined criteria. The response rate to temozolomide is lower in NFPA compared to that seen in functioning tumors. Refractory NFPAs present a significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenge and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates.

Indexed as

AdenomaAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingPituitary NeoplasmsTemozolomideHumansAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingTemozolomideAggressive pituitary tumorsNon-functioning pituitary adenomasPituitary carcinomasPituitary neuroendocrine tumorsRefractory pituitary adenomasTemozolomide

Identifiers

PMID36786972
OpenAlexW4320710112

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