This is going to kill you,'" Kohn recalled. "And the first thing that I asked was 'Can I still stunt-jump after this surgery?'" What is acromegaly, and how is it treated? Acromegaly is a hormonal ...

But as the years went on, he began to notice his body changing in unusual ways: His head grew so much that he needed a larger helmet, and his hands became so big he had to have his wedding ring ...

Acromegaly is curable in some cases. In patients who have a small pituitary gland tumor that can be removed via surgery, the disease can be cured 85% of the time. For patients with large-but ...

However, not all patients achieve remission after surgery, and acromegaly treatment is frequently multimodal. Despite the first attempt, if there is a significant residual tumor or if the residual ...

Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKR) is used as an adjuvant therapy in patients with acromegaly if primary surgery fails or is contraindicated. Studies that extensively examine the efficacy and safety ...