Contents

Chapter 1
Introduction

Chapter 2
Immediate postoperative radiotherapy in residual nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma:
benefi cial effect on local control without additional negative impact on pituitary function
and life expectancy

Chapter 3
Radiotherapy is not associated with reduced quality of life and cognitive function in
patients treated for nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma

Chapter 4
Radiation optic neuropathy after external beam radiation therapy for acromegaly:
report of two cases

Chapter 5
review article
Radiation optic neuropathy after external beam radiation therapy for acromegaly

Chapter 6
Lack of radiation optic neuropathy in 72 patients treated for pituitary adenoma

Chapter 7
Tyrosine positron emission tomography and protein synthesis rate in pituitary adenoma:
different effects of surgery and radiation therapy

Chapter 8
Patient position verifi cation with oblique radiation beams

Chapter 9
General discussion

Summary
Samenvatting
Publicationlist
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