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About this Treatment: Surgery for Pituitary Tumors
About Pituitary Tumor Surgery
Surgery is usually recommended for pituitary tumors that press on the brain or optic nerve or cause abnormal hormone levels. Surgical goals include confirming the diagnosis, relieving symptoms that affect your quality of life, and normalizing hormone levels.
Some pituitary tumors are small and easy to separate from surrounding healthy brain tissue. In these situations, complete surgical removal is often possible. Other tumors are difficult to separate from surrounding tissue or located near sensitive areas in the brain. In these cases, surgery is more challenging and doctors only remove as much of the tumor as is safe.
Removing even some of the pituitary tumor can reduce symptoms and allow you to move forward with other types of treatment.
Whether surgery is recommended depends on unique characteristics of your diagnosis. Some pituitary tumors are so slow growing that they require only active surveillance for several months or even years, before treatment is recommended. In general, surgery is an option for any type of pituitary tumor.
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We take a multispecialty approach to treating cancerous and noncancerous tumors, neurologic conditions, and other conditions using CyberKnife radiation therapy. We can treat people very quickly – within about two days.
Our world-renowned experts at the leading pituitary program on the West Coast perform pituitary tumor surgery with precision. Our team of specialists from multiple fields of medicine will combine their varied expertise to surround you with the care you need.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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Our world-renowned experts at the leading pituitary program on the West Coast perform pituitary tumor surgery with precision. Our team of specialists from multiple fields of medicine will combine their varied expertise to surround you with the care you need.