Endocrine Abstracts

In 2011 is the 40th anniversary of prolactin (PRL) characterisation as a distinct hormone. Only 30 years ago most patients with large pituitary tumours received primary surgery (often transcranial) followed by routine radiotherapy – treatments associated with significant morbidity and hypopituitarism. Much therapeutic progress has been made; effective medical treatments now exist for many pituitary tumour subtypes, particularly the use of long-acting dopamine agonists (DA...

John S Bevan, Department of Endocrinology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, UK. AbstractJohn S Bevan is senior Consultant Endocrinologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Honorary Professor of Endocrinology at Aberdeen University. He qualified MB ChB, with Honours, from Edinburgh University in 1978 and his clinical training in Medicine & Endocrinology took place in Edinburgh, Oxford and Ca...