Clinical experiences and success rates of acromegaly treatment: the single center results of 62 patients

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 2 Rate of treatment response for different disease subtypes and treatment strategies in acromegaly patients

	Number of patients		Number of patients responded to treatment
	n	(%)	n	(%)
Microadenomas	8	(13%)	4	(50%)
Macroadenomas	54	(87%)	8	(15%)
Transsphenoidal surgery	31	(52%)	4	(12.9%)
Transcranial surgery	20	(32.3%)	2	(10%)
Multiple surgery	11	(17.7%)
Radiotherapy	20	(32.2%)	6	(30%)*
Only drug treatment	6	(9.6%)	3	(50%)**
Octreotide LAR	52	(84%)	32	(61.5%)**
Lanreotide	5	(8%)	2	(40%)**
Conventional radiotherapy + ocreotide LAR	5	(8%)	2	(40%)**
Gamma Knife + ocreotide LAR	11	(17.7%)	7	(63%)**

*The number of patients who achieved cure by Gamma Knife and conventional radiotherapy.
**Biochemical remission.

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