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Improving quality of life in patients with pituitary tumours
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Evaluation of health-related quality of life (QoL) in people with pituitary tumours has received much attention over the last 10-15 years. Most of them show impaired QoL, but little is known about how to prevent impairment or how to improve QoL. Our aim is to review what is known about QoL in pituitary tumours patients and to highlight the areas worth improving, for the patient's well being. The article has four sections: acromegaly, Cushing's syndrome, prolactinomas and non-functioning adenomas. Control of comorbidities is usually an important factor to prevent QoL impairment; however, each disease has specific characteristics that should be properly addressed in order to obtain full patient recovery after successful therapy.
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CRESPO, Iris, et al. Improving quality of life in patients with pituitary tumours. European Endocrinology. 2013. Vol. 9, num. 1, pags. 32-36. ISSN 1758-3772. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/108382