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01-12-2020 | Acromegaly

Multidisciplinary management of acromegaly: A consensus

Authors: Andrea Giustina, Garni Barkhoudarian, Albert Beckers, Anat Ben-Shlomo, Nienke Biermasz, Beverly Biller, Cesar Boguszewski, Marek Bolanowski, Jens Bollerslev, Vivien Bonert, Marcello D. Bronstein, Michael Buchfelder, Felipe Casanueva, Philippe Chanson, David Clemmons, Maria Fleseriu, Anna Maria Formenti, Pamela Freda, Monica Gadelha, Eliza Geer, Mark Gurnell, Anthony P. Heaney, Ken K. Y. Ho, Adriana G. Ioachimescu, Steven Lamberts, Edward Laws, Marco Losa, Pietro Maffei, Adam Mamelak, Moises Mercado, Mark Molitch, Pietro Mortini, Alberto M. Pereira, Stephan Petersenn, Kalmon Post, Manuel Puig-Domingo, Roberto Salvatori, Susan L. Samson, Ilan Shimon, Christian Strasburger, Brooke Swearingen, Peter Trainer, Mary L. Vance, John Wass, Margaret E. Wierman, Kevin C. J. Yuen, Maria Chiara Zatelli, Shlomo Melmed

Published in: Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders | Issue 4/2020

Abstract

The 13th Acromegaly Consensus Conference was held in November 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and comprised acromegaly experts including endocrinologists and neurosurgeons who considered optimal approaches for multidisciplinary acromegaly management. Focused discussions reviewed techniques, results, and side effects of surgery, radiotherapy, and medical therapy, and how advances in technology and novel techniques have changed the way these modalities are used alone or in combination. Effects of treatment on patient outcomes were considered, along with strategies for optimizing and personalizing therapeutic approaches. Expert consensus recommendations emphasize how best to implement available treatment options as part of a multidisciplinary approach at Pituitary Tumor Centers of Excellence.

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Title: Multidisciplinary management of acromegaly: A consensus
Authors: Andrea Giustina
Garni Barkhoudarian
Albert Beckers
Anat Ben-Shlomo
Nienke Biermasz
Beverly Biller
Cesar Boguszewski
Marek Bolanowski
Jens Bollerslev
Vivien Bonert
Marcello D. Bronstein
Michael Buchfelder
Felipe Casanueva
Philippe Chanson
David Clemmons
Maria Fleseriu
Anna Maria Formenti
Pamela Freda
Monica Gadelha
Eliza Geer
Mark Gurnell
Anthony P. Heaney
Ken K. Y. Ho
Adriana G. Ioachimescu
Steven Lamberts
Edward Laws
Marco Losa
Pietro Maffei
Adam Mamelak
Moises Mercado
Mark Molitch
Pietro Mortini
Alberto M. Pereira
Stephan Petersenn
Kalmon Post
Manuel Puig-Domingo
Roberto Salvatori
Susan L. Samson
Ilan Shimon
Christian Strasburger
Brooke Swearingen
Peter Trainer
Mary L. Vance
John Wass
Margaret E. Wierman
Kevin C. J. Yuen
Maria Chiara Zatelli
Shlomo Melmed
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Acromegaly
Radiotherapy
Published in: Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1389-9155
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2606
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11154-020-09588-z

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