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Real-time PCR-based intraoperative molecular boundary diagnosis of corticotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumors.
Journal of neuroscience methods - 1 Oct 2026
Sato Yoshiki, Takeuchi Kazuhito, Ohka Fumiharu, Nagata Yuichi, Maeda Sachi, Matsuyama Tomoki, Hirose Toshiaki, Deguchi Shoichi, Okumura Eriko, Iwami Kenichiro, Saito Ryuta
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BACKGROUND: Corticotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) causing Cushing's disease require complete surgical resection to achieve endocrinological remission. Although endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery is the standard first-line treatment, accurate intraoperative delineation of tumor boundaries remains challenging because the pseudocapsule is often thin or ill-defined and tumor cells may infiltrate...
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