Acromegaly is a chronic systemic disease with many complications and is associated with increased mortality when not adequately treated. Substantial advances in acromegaly …
Objective The aim of the Acromegaly Consensus Group was to revise and update the consensus on diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly comorbidities last published in 2013 …
L Katznelson, ER Laws Jr, S Melmed… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The aim was to formulate clinical practice guidelines for acromegaly. Participants: The Task Force included a chair selected by the Endocrine Society Clinical Guidelines …
L Vilar, CF Vilar, R Lyra, R Lyra, LA Naves - Pituitary, 2017 - Springer
Background Acromegaly is a rare and underdiagnosed disorder caused, in more than 95% of cases, by a growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma. The GH hypersecretion …
Circulating insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is positively associated with the risks of colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer, but evidence for other less common cancers is …
Acromegaly is caused by excess growth hormone (GH) secretion emanating from a somatotroph adenoma. High GH and Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels lead to acral …
C Capatina, JAH Wass - Journal of Endocrinology, 2015 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Acromegaly (ACM) is a chronic, progressive disorder caused by the persistent hypersecretion of GH, in the vast majority of cases secreted by a pituitary adenoma. The …
S Raman, A Grimberg, SG Waguespack… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Context: GH and IGF-1 have been shown to affect tumor growth in vitro and in some animal models. This report summarizes the available evidence on whether GH therapy in childhood …
CL Boguszewski, J Ayuk - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Based on experimental and animal models, epidemiological data from non-acromegaly populations, and longitudinal and cross-sectional cohorts of patients with acromegaly, a …