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Werner, S. et al.

Growth hormone producing pituitary adenomas with concomitant hypersecretion of prolactin are particularly sensitive to photon irradiation.

The effect of photon irradiation (50 Gy with a 3-field technique in fractionated doses) on growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL), and somatomedin A ( SMA) was studied in 25 patients with acromegaly after previous unsuccessful surgery. In patients with concomitant hypersecretion of PRL, the GH reduction was 70 +/- 22% 1 year and 88 +/- 10% 3 years after radiotherapy. The corresponding reductions in patients with isolated GH hypersecretion were 42 +/- 25% and 60 +/- 22%. The reduction of GH levels was most notable the first year after radiotherapy in 16 patients and during the second year in 7 patients. Serum PRL decreased after radiotherapy in all patients with hyperprolactinemia, whereas PRL in normoprolactinemic patients showed inconsistent changes, including PRL increments in 8/12 patients. The effect of radiotherapy on GH and PRL was not correlated to the irradiation target volume or the cumulative radiation effect. SMA levels decreased after radiotherapy, but became normal only in 3 patients, all with pretreatment GH less than 5 micrograms/l. Radiotherapy, 3 years after treatment, appeared to be equivalent to the primary surgical intervention in reducing GH and SMA in patients with acromegaly due to advanced macroadenomas. Patients with concomitant hyperprolactinemia showed increased sensitivity to radiation compared to normoprolactinemic patients with acromegaly.[1]

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Growth hormone producing pituitary adenomas with concomitant hypersecretion of prolactin are particularly sensitive to photon irradiation. Werner, S., af Trampe, E., Palacios, P., Lax, I., Hall, K. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (1985) [Pubmed]

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