Clinical Study

Temozolomide Therapy for Aggressive Pituitary Tumors: Results in a Small Series of Patients from Argentina

Table 1

Main clinical traits of 6 patients with intention-to-treat with temozolomide.

PatientSexAgeTumor type Number of previous surgeriesRxTPrevious drug therapy

JBM78PRL Ca1YesCAB
SAF47CNFPA3NoCAB
LCF34GH-oma2NoCAB, SSAs
DDOF39NS2YesNone
CMF42CD1NoNone
GMF52CD5YesKNZ

PRLCa: prolactin carcinoma; GH-oma: somatotropinoma; CNFPA: clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma; NS: Nelson’ syndrome; CD: Cushing’s disease; RxT: radiotherapy; CAB: cabergoline; SSAs: somatostatin analogs; KNZ: ketoconazole.