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. 2014 Oct 14;21(4):370–378. doi: 10.1016/j.rpor.2014.09.004

Table 2.

Summary of recent published results (2000–2014) on SRS for GH-secreting pituitary adenomas.

Authors Patients Dose (Gy) Follow-up (months) Tumor control (%) Biochemical remission (%) Late toxicity (%)
Visual Hypopituitarism
Zhang et al., 2000 68 31 >12 100 40 NA NA
Izawa et al., 2000 29 22.5 >6 93 41 0 0
Pollock et al., 2002 26 20 36 100 47 4 16%
Attanasio et al., 2003 30 20 46 100 23 0 6.3%
Jane et al., 2003 64 15 >18 NA 36 0 28
Castinetti et al., 2005 82 26 49.5* NA 17 1.2 17
Gutt et al., 2005 44 23 22 100 48 NA NA
Kobayashi et al., 2005 67 18.9 63 100 17 11 15
Jezkova et al., 2006 96 35 53.7 100 44 at 5 years 0 27.1
Voges et al., 2006 64 16.5 54.3 97 14 and 33 at 3 and 5 years 1.4 13 and 18 at 3 and 5 years
Pollock et al., 2007 46 20 63 100 11 and 60 at 2 and 5 years 0 33 at 5 years
Vik-Mo et al., 2007 53 26.5 67 100 58 and 86 at 5 and 10 years 3.8 10 at 5 years
Jagannathan et al., 2008 95 22 57 98 53 4 34
Losa et al., 2008 83 21.5 69 97 52 and 85 at 5 and 10 years 0 10 at 10 years
Ronchi et al., 2009 35 20 114 100 46 at 10 years 0 50
Wan et al., 2009 103 28 67 95 37 0 6
Hayashi et al., 2010 25 25 36 100 40 0 0
Iwai et al., 2010 26 20 84 96 17 and 47 at 5 and 10 years 0 8
Castinetti et al., 2009 43 28 96 100 42.0 0 23
Leenstra et al., 2010 31 20 32 100 NA NA 45 at 5 years
Erdur et al., 2011 22 23.8 60 95.2 54.5 0 28.6
Sheehan et al., 2011 130 24 31 93.0 53 2.4 24.4
Sicignano et al., 2012 39 25 60 97.7 54 NA 12.3
Franzin et al., 2012 103 22.5 71 97.3 58.3 at 5 years 0 14
Liu et al., 2012 40 21 72 97.5 47.5 0 40
Zeiler et al., 2013 21 14.2 33* 100 30 3.9 13.2
Yan et al., 2013 22 23 98 95 68.2 0 22.7
Wilson et al., 2013 86 20 66 96 18.6 1.2 19.8

NA, not assessed.