PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Laws, Edward Raymond
TI  - Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Aggressive Pituitary Tumors and Pituitary Carcinomas
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 22--23
VI  - 11
IP  - 5
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/5/22.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/5/22.full
AB  - Over the past few decades, attempts have been made to develop markers that correlate with the behavior of pituitary adenomas to identify lesions with an increased potential for malignancy (metastasis, invasion, or recurrence following treatment) [Zada G et al. J Neurosurg 2011]. This article discusses the role of surgery in the treatment of agressive/invasive pituitary adenomas.