Brain surgery for pituitary tumor helps Illinois mom have second baby
A suburban Chicago woman who feared she might never have another child is now celebrating a growing family after brain surgery at Northwestern Medicine.
Jun 5, 2026
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Endocrine System Diseases: News and Research on Pituitary Neoplasms
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Study shows that people who gain the most weight are at more than double the risk of certain cancers
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) shows that people who gain the highest amount of weight across adulthood are at greatly increased risk of certain obesity-related ...
May 14, 2026
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Complete remission of aggressive pituitary tumor achieved through immunotherapy
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute's Brain Tumor Center have been confirmed as the first in the world to achieve complete remission of a rare pituitary cancer using a novel immunotherapy ...
May 4, 2026
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A systematic review organizes available omics data on pituitary tumors
A recent study has carried out a systematic review of the scientific literature on omics data generated in pituitary tumors, with the aim of organizing, cataloging and facilitating the reuse of publicly available resources ...
Feb 2, 2026
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AI spots early facial changes in patients with acromegaly
The journal Pituitary has highlighted research led by Manel Puig, head of the Endocrine, Thyroid and Obesity Research Group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), which explores the potential of AI and machine ...
Oct 30, 2025
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Systematic survey reveals unannotated human gene that's overexpressed in pituitary tumors
A recent study focuses on the Ly-6 antigens, a family of proteins that contain a conserved LU domain. These antigens have been associated with stem cells and cancer stem cells. The mouse Ly-6A (also known as Sca-1) is a well-known ...
May 30, 2024
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Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of pituitary apoplexy
The first prospective study comparing outcomes in patients with pituitary apoplexy—sudden bleeding or death of a pituitary tumor—found that patients managed medically fared as well as those treated surgically in the majority ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Fewer surveillance MRIs may be appropriate for patients with incidental pituitary lesions
A cohort study of persons with incidental pituitary microadenomas found that approximately two-thirds of the microadenomas remained unchanged or decreased in size over time. These findings suggest that less frequent pituitary ...
Feb 28, 2023
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Black patients more likely to be advised against brain tumor surgery
Black patients are significantly more likely to receive a recommendation against surgical resection of glioblastoma, meningioma, pituitary adenoma, and vestibular schwannoma than White patients, according to a study published ...
Dec 9, 2022
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