However, the SMR was higher in women. As CVD is the leading cause of mortality, it seems advisable to initiate an intense CVD protective treatment as soon as acromegaly is diagnosed, particularly ...

The Belgian Acromegaly Register provided data on 229 ... estrogen-sufficient women, which could indicate roles for age, sex and radiotherapy in IGF-I–GH discordance. The high-IGF-I phenotype ...

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 ...