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Gamma Knife for Cushing disease — time for a reappraisal?

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The first large-scale, multicentric analysis of long-term results with Gamma Knife (Elekta) radiosurgery in the therapeutically challenging area of Cushing disease shows that, in selected patients, this radiation technique enables hormonal control to be achieved in most patients with relatively few adverse effects but with a significant risk of disease recurrence.

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The authors would like to thank the medical staff of the Reference Center for Rare Pituitary Diseases (HYPO), especially H. Dufour and J. Regis.

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  1. Frederic Castinetti and Thierry Brue are at the Reference Center for Rare Pituitary Diseases (HYPO), Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, La Conception Hospital, 147 Boulevard Baille, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France; and UMR AMU-INSERM 910, Faculte de Medecine, Aix-Marseille University, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.,

    Frederic Castinetti & Thierry Brue

  2. and UMR AMU-INSERM 910, Faculte de Medecine, Aix-Marseille University, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.,

    Frederic Castinetti & Thierry Brue

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Castinetti, F., Brue, T. Gamma Knife for Cushing disease — time for a reappraisal?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 13, 628–629 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2017.130

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