MEETING NOTES : Dr. Redmond, Johns Hopkins Pituitary Day
Meeting Created: September 29, 2012, 12:07 PM
Baltimore
radiotherapy indications
- recurrence
- persistent hormone secretion
- inoperable
tumors repair more slowly than normal cells
IMRT (Intensity modulated radiation therapy)
stereotactic radiosurgery
- more radiation beams, greater precision
- very small tumors 1-5 treatments
- larger 5-6 weeks
- 150-300 radiation beams target area
- Synergy machine
- for divided course of radiation
cyberknife for 1-5 treatments
- short-term
- fatigue
- hair loss
- tearful or dry eye
- headache
- nausea
- long-term
- cataracts
- decreased hormones
- damage to vision (rare)
- second tumor (rare)
- tumor control 90%
- hormone normalization 60%
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