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Abstract

Objective: The Acromegaly Consensus Group reconvened in November 2007, to update guidelines for acromegaly management. Participants: The meeting participants comprised 68 pituitary specialists including neurosurgeons and endocrinologists with extensive experience treating patients with acromegaly. Evidence/consensus process: Goals of treatment and the appropriate imaging, and biochemical and clinical monitoring of patients with acromegaly, were enunciated, based on the available published evidence. Conclusions :The group developed a consensus on the approach to managing acromegaly including appropriate roles for neurosurgery, medical therapy and radiation therapy in the management of these patients.