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Adenoma
Researchers from Tel-Aviv University report on findings in adenoma
March 10th, 2009
"Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice for NFPA but is seldom curative. The management of patients in whom residual tumor is detected after surgery is not clear-cut," scientists in Tel Aviv, Israel report. "Radiation therapy is effective in controlling tumor mass in the majority of patients, but is associated with long term complications that call for restriction of its use to patients at high risk for tumor growth. New radiation techniques may prove to be safer while retaining the effectiveness of conventional radiotherapy, however longer follow-up is necessary to confirm this assumption. For now, it appears to be safe to withhold radiation and carefully...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-10)
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