# OnCo record somatotroph-pitnet (cancer). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/cancers/somatotroph-pitnet/>
  a schema:MedicalCondition ;
  onco:kind "cancer" ;
  schema:identifier "somatotroph-pitnet" ;
  schema:name "Somatotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumour (acromegaly)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Somatotroph tumour"@en, "Somatotroph tumour (acromegaly)"@en, "Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma"@en, "GH-secreting PitNET"@en, "Somatotroph adenoma"@en, "Gigantism (in children)"@en ;
  schema:description "A somatotroph tumour is a pituitary tumour that makes too much growth hormone, causing acromegaly in adults (enlarging hands, feet and face, diabetes, heart and joint disease) or gigantism in children. Surgery through the nose comes first; if hormone levels stay high, somatostatin analogue injections, the blocker pegvisomant or radiotherapy bring them down, restoring a normal life expectancy."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/cancers/somatotroph-pitnet/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-24"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromegaly> ;
  schema:citation <https://www.cancer.gov/types/pituitary/treatment>, <https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-022-09703-7>, <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11154-020-09588-z>, <https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.21> ;
  onco:tag "subtype-page", "wave4", "rare" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/cancers/pituitary-tumours/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/lactotroph-pitnet/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/corticotroph-pitnet/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/gonadotroph-pitnet/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/thyrotroph-pitnet/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/radiosurgery-srs/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/pasireotide/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/pegvisomant/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/cabergoline/> ;
  onco:standardOfCare <https://onco.cc/cancers/pituitary-tumours/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/pasireotide/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/pegvisomant/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/cabergoline/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/radiosurgery-srs/> .