MAG-Net: Multi-task attention guided network for brain tumor segmentation and classification [PDF]
, 2021 Brain tumor is the most common and deadliest disease that can be found in all age groups. Generally, MRI modality is adopted for identifying and diagnosing tumors by the radiologists. The correct identification of tumor regions and its type can aid to diagnose tumors with the followup treatment plans.
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Increased expression of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) in human pituitary tumors [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: Subsets of pituitary tumors exhibit an aggressive clinical courses and recur despite surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Because modulation of the immune response through inhibition of T-cell checkpoints has led to durable clinical responses ...
Agar, Nathalie Y. R. +13 more
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Trophic and neurotrophic factors in human pituitary adenomas (Review) [PDF]
, 2017 The pituitary gland is an organ that functionally connects the hypothalamus with the peripheral organs. The pituitary gland is an important regulator of body homeostasis during development, stress, and other processes.
Agostinelli, Enzo +11 more
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Neuro-Ophthalmology Findings in Pituitary Disease (Review of Literature) [PDF]
, 2018 Visual symptoms often accompany pituitary diseases. Pituitary tumors may compress surrounding structures such as optic chiasm leading to visual field defects including bitemporal hemianopia and visual disturbance.
Azmeh, Arwa
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Principles of Pituitary Surgery [PDF]
, 2018 Key Points 1. Understand the principles of pituitary surgery including the key-elements of surgical planning and decision-making 2. Identify the technical nuances distinguishing the endoscopic from the microscopic transsphenoidal approach 3.
Evans, James J. +4 more
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Pituitary tumor apoplexy [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2009 Pituitary tumor apoplexy is a medical emergency due to acute infarction or hemorrhage in the pituitary gland. In this review, the authors discuss the sellar anatomy, the pituitary gland and adenomas' vascularization and the general aspects of the syndrome such as its ethiopatogenesis, predisposing factors, clinical features, treatment and prognosis.
Chang, Claudia V. +4 more
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Brain Tumor Classification Using Deep Learning Technique -- A Comparison between Cropped, Uncropped, and Segmented Lesion Images with Different Sizes [PDF]
IJATCSE, 8(6), pp.3684-3691 (2019), 2020 Deep Learning is the newest and the current trend of the machine learning field that paid a lot of the researchers' attention in the recent few years. As a proven powerful machine learning tool, deep learning was widely used in several applications for solving various complex problems that require extremely high accuracy and sensitivity, particularly ...
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Aggressive Pituitary Tumors [PDF]
Neuroendocrinology, 2015 Pituitary adenomas are common intracranial tumors that are mainly considered as benign. Rarely, these tumors can exhibit an aggressive behavior, characterized by gross invasion of the surrounding tissues, resistance to conventional treatment leading to early and frequent recurrences.
Chatzellis, E. +3 more
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The Transition from Microscopic to Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery In High Case Load Neurosurgical Centers: The Groote Schuur Hospital Experience [PDF]
, 2016 Dott and Guiot first pioneered the transsphenoidal route for pituitary tumors during the 1950s and 1960s, and the microscope was introduced for the procedure by Hardy in the 1970s.
Semple, Patrik L
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The emerging role of non-coding RNAs in pituitary gland tumors and meningioma [PDF]
, 2021 Simple Summary Non-coding RNAs have been recently attained attention because of their contribution in the pathogenesis of brain tumors. These transcripts have been shown to be dysregulated in pituitary gland tumors as well as meningiomas.
Abak, Atefe +4 more
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