Guidelines for acromegaly management: an update.

Journal article

OBJECTIVE: The Acromegaly Consensus Group reconvened in November 2007 to update guidelines for acromegaly management. PARTICIPANTS: The meeting participants comprised 68 pituitary specialists, including neurosurgeons and endocrinologists with extensive experience treating patients with acromegaly. EVIDENCE/CONSENSUS PROCESS: Goals of treatment and the appropriate imaging and biochemical and clinical monitoring of patients with acromegaly were enunciated, based on the available published evidence. CONCLUSIONS: The group developed a consensus on the approach to managing acromegaly including appropriate roles for neurosurgery, medical therapy, and radiation therapy in the management of these patients.

Authors: Melmed, S; Colao, A; Barkan, A; Molitch, M; Grossman, AB

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1509-1517
• Publication date: 2009-05-01
• DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2421
• EISSN: 1945-7197
• ISSN: 0021-972X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Biological Markers; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Pituitary Gland; Acromegaly Consensus Group; Acromegaly