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KMID : 0362919900080020163
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Journal of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
1990 Volume.8 No. 2 p.163 ~ p.167
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The Efficacy of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Pituitary Adenoma
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Cho Heung-Lae
Yang Gwang-Mo
Shon Seung-Chang
Suh Hyun-Suk
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Abstract
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Between 1984 and 1989, 22 patients with pituitary adenomas were treated with radiation therapy. The tumor was controlled in 18 of 22 (81.8%) patients for an observed period of Ⅱ to 98 months. Eleven of 12 (92%) patients with visual field defect experienced nomalization or improvement, and 3 of 5 evaluable patients with hyperprolactinemia achieved normalization in one and decrement in two patients. We concluded that: (a) postoperative radiotherapy is clearly effective in the controlling of clinical symptoms and signs resulting from pituitary adenoma: (b) In the macroadenoma, the difference of control rate between suprasellar, <2 cm. And suprasellar,> 2 cm. Was not significant.
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KEYWORD
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Pituitary adenoma, Radiotherapy
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