Preoperative medical therapy for acromegaly: current knowledge and clinical significance

Dan He, Qinyi Wang, Zhifeng Sheng, Guohua Li · 2026

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He, Wang, Sheng, and Li review drug therapy before surgery for acromegaly, in a narrative review from twenty twenty-five. Too much growth hormone, from tumors of the pituitary gland, drives this long-term hormone disorder. Surgery often fails to cure large tumors that invade nearby tissue in full. Drugs given before surgery aim to lift the odds that the disease stays away after it.

First-generation somatostatin drugs are the agents most studied for use before surgery so far. Their effect on whether the disease stays away after surgery stays in dispute. New drugs and targets in the body's molecules are reshaping the field step by step. Imaging and markers in tissue and blood promise better picks of patients and better sorting of them. New forms of drugs may widen the choices for people who are poor fits for surgery.

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CREATORDan He, Qinyi Wang, Zhifeng Sheng, Guohua Li
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE43 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12807991

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