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. 1980 Sep;133(3):197–202.

Treatment of Acromegaly, Cushing Disease and Nelson Syndrome

John H Lawrence 1, John A Linfoot 1
PMCID: PMC1272259  PMID: 7415170

Abstract

Since 1957 we have treated more than 429 patients who had pituitary neoplasms, most of which were hormone-secreting tumors. Long-term follow-up in the large group of patients treated for acromegaly shows a median survival of better than 16 years, with improvement over time. The short-term follow-up results in patients with Cushing* disease, Nelson syndrome and chromophobe adenoma are very encouraging. To compare these excellent results with those following surgical procedures, a large study of patients followed for a long period after the operations is needed.

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