According to Pituitary and Endocrine Society recommendations, cabergoline (CAB) therapy can be discontinued after 2 years in hyperprolactinemic patients who fit certain criteria. Previous studies found recurrence rates ranging between 26 and 69 %. Whether CAB therapy can be successfully discontinued after one unsuccessful withdrawal is unknown.
Second attempt to withdraw cabergoline in prolactinomas: a pilot study / Kwancharoen, Ratchaneewan; Auriemma, RENATA SIMONA; Yenokyan, Gayane; Wand, Gary S; Colao, Annamaria; Salvatori, Roberto. - In: PITUITARY. - ISSN 1386-341X. - 17:5(2014), pp. 451-6-456. [10.1007/s11102-013-0525-x]
Second attempt to withdraw cabergoline in prolactinomas: a pilot study
AURIEMMA, RENATA SIMONA;COLAO, ANNAMARIA;
2014
Abstract
According to Pituitary and Endocrine Society recommendations, cabergoline (CAB) therapy can be discontinued after 2 years in hyperprolactinemic patients who fit certain criteria. Previous studies found recurrence rates ranging between 26 and 69 %. Whether CAB therapy can be successfully discontinued after one unsuccessful withdrawal is unknown.File in questo prodotto:
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