Can pituitary tumor be cured? worry?

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Pituitary tumor is a brain tumor. Now its incidence rate is increasing. Many early pituitary tumor patients will lose confidence and worry if they will be life-threatening after knowing this disease. Can early pituitary tumor be treated in time, can pituitary tumor be cured? worry?

Can pituitary tumor be cured? worry?

Some pituitary adenomas can be cured, and some can not be cured. The so-called cure refers to whether the pituitary adenomas can be completely removed. If it can be completely removed, it is a cure. Some pituitary adenomas are residual, easy to relapse, and can not be cured,

With the improvement of surgical technique, the recurrence rate of pituitary tumor is gradually decreasing. Some pituitary tumors can not be removed completely, and can be controlled by drugs combined with radiotherapy, which will not affect the life of patients.

Gamma knife therapy is recommended for the treatment of recurrent pituitary tumor. In fact, gamma knife therapy is also a kind of radiotherapy. Radiotherapy focuses all the radioactive rays on one point to irradiate pituitary tumor without any side effects. Therefore, gamma knife therapy is relatively safe for the treatment of recurrent pituitary tumor.

matters needing attention

After pituitary tumor surgery, it's best to check two or three times in one year. After everything is normal, you can reduce the number of reexamination appropriately. After surgery, you should check blood sugar and blood pressure at any time, and compare with before surgery, to observe whether the patient's physical condition is normal.