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Criteria for the definition of Pituitary Tumor Centers of Excellence (PTCOE): A Pituitary Society Statement
- Source :
- Pituitary, 20(5), 489-498
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.
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Abstract
- Introduction: With the goal of generate uniform criteria among centers dealing with pituitary tumors and to enhance patient care, the Pituitary Society decided to generate criteria for developing Pituitary Tumors Centers of Excellence (PTCOE). Methods: To develop that task, a group of ten experts served as a Task Force and through two years of iterative work an initial draft was elaborated. This draft was discussed, modified and finally approved by the Board of Directors of the Pituitary Society. Such document was presented and debated at a specific session of the Congress of the Pituitary Society, Orlando 2017, and suggestions were incorporated. Finally the document was distributed to a large group of global experts that introduced further modifications with final endorsement. Results: After five years of iterative work a document with the ideal criteria for a PTCOE is presented. Conclusions: Acknowledging that very few centers in the world, if any, likely fulfill the requirements here presented, the document may be a tool to guide improvements of care delivery to patients with pituitary disorders. All these criteria must be accommodated to the regulations and organization of Health of a given country.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pituitary disorder
Pituitary Diseases
Thyrotropinomas
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Pituitary Disease
Pituitary neoplasm
Session (web analytics)
Task (project management)
0302 clinical medicine
Endocrinology
Medicine
Pituitary Neoplasm
Societies, Medical
media_common
Gonadotropin
Cushingâs disease
Cushing’s disease
3. Good health
Diabetes and Metabolism
Treatment Outcome
Work (electrical)
Pituitary Gland
Female
Cushing's disease
Human
United State
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
Thyrotropinoma
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
NO
Pituitary radiotherapy
03 medical and health sciences
Excellence
Medical
Acromegaly
Gonadotropins
Transsphenoidal surgery
Humans
Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion
Pituitary Neoplasms
United States
Medical education
business.industry
Pituitary ACTH hypersecretion
Pituitary tumors
Correction
medicine.disease
Surgery
Societies
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15737403 and 1386341X
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pituitary
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....06f42012e9682b77ecc5ac34f91d6c9e