Chemotherapy of Capecitabine plus Temozolomide for Refractory Pituitary Adenoma after Tumor Resection and Its Impact on Serum Prolactin, IGF-1, and Growth Hormone

Table 3

Serum levels of PRL, IGH-1, and GH (, ng/mL).

	PRL		IGF-1		GH
	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Control group (n = 40)	372.44 ± 34.21	326.35 ± 42.45	468.38 ± 46.26	364.35 ± 31.35	13.54 ± 3.13	8.34 ± 2.14
Study group (n = 40)	384.15 ± 40.32	278.35 ± 39.25	455.25 ± 52.17	311.78 ± 28.82	14.03 ± 4.21	5.44 ± 1.46
t	1.400	5.251	1.191	7.808	0.581	7.078
	0.165	<0.001	0.237	<0.001	0.563	<0.001

PRL, prolactin; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor 1; GH, growth hormone.