A tale of pituitary adenomas: to NET or not to NET : Pituitary Society position statement

Affiliations

¹ The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St. Vincents Hospital, The University of New South Wales, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia. k.ho@garvan.org.au.
² Departments of Medicine and Neurological Surgery, Pituitary Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
³ Department of Endocrinology, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Pituitary Center Rotterdam, Endocrinology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Division of Endocrinology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁶ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Division of Endocrinology, Santiago de Compostela University and Ciber OBN, Santiago, Spain.
⁸ Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁹ Division of Endocrinology and Center for Endocrine Tumors, Department of Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutritional Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ Pituitary Center, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Review

Ken K Y Ho et al. Pituitary. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;22(6):569-573.

doi: 10.1007/s11102-019-00988-2.

¹ The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St. Vincents Hospital, The University of New South Wales, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia. k.ho@garvan.org.au.
² Departments of Medicine and Neurological Surgery, Pituitary Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
³ Department of Endocrinology, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Pituitary Center Rotterdam, Endocrinology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Division of Endocrinology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁶ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Division of Endocrinology, Santiago de Compostela University and Ciber OBN, Santiago, Spain.
⁸ Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁹ Division of Endocrinology and Center for Endocrine Tumors, Department of Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutritional Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ Pituitary Center, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Neuroendocrine tumor; Pituitary adenoma; Tumor classification.

Comment in

Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs): nomenclature evolution, not clinical revolution.
Asa SL, Asioli S, Bozkurt S, Casar-Borota O, Chinezu L, Comunoglu N, Cossu G, Cusimano M, Delgrange E, Earls P, Ezzat S, Gazioglu N, Grossman A, Guaraldi F, Hickman RA, Ikeda H, Jaffrain-Rea ML, Karavitaki N, Kraljević I, La Rosa S, Manojlović-Gačić E, Maartens N, McCutcheon IE, Messerer M, Mete O, Nishioka H, Oz B, Pakbaz S, Pekmezci M, Perry A, Reiniger L, Roncaroli F, Saeger W, Söylemezoğlu F, Tachibana O, Trouillas J, Turchini J, Uccella S, Villa C, Yamada S, Yarman S. Asa SL, et al. Pituitary. 2020 Jun;23(3):322-325. doi: 10.1007/s11102-019-01015-0. Pituitary. 2020. PMID: 31834538 No abstract available.
The tale in evolution: clarity, consistency and consultation, not contradiction and confusion.
Ho KKY, Fleseriu M, Wass J, van der Lely A, Barkan A, Giustina A, Casanueva FF, Heaney AP, Biermasz N, Strasburger C, Melmed S. Ho KKY, et al. Pituitary. 2020 Aug;23(4):476-477. doi: 10.1007/s11102-019-01027-w. Pituitary. 2020. PMID: 31912348 No abstract available.