What are the methods for treating pituitary tumors

Nowadays, many people are diagnosed with pituitary tumors when they go to the doctor because of hormone disorders. It is necessary for everyone to understand some relevant knowledge about the treatment of pituitary tumors. It can be treated with drugs or surgery. Traditional Chinese medicine also has a good effect on the treatment of pituitary tumors. These require professional doctors to treat them dialectically. So, what are the methods for treating pituitary tumors?

1. Drug treatment: It is only effective for some pituitary tumors and can relieve symptoms to varying degrees, but it cannot cure them fundamentally, and patients may need to take medication for life. Since drugs cannot eliminate the tumor, symptoms will recur after stopping the drug, and the tumor will continue to grow.

2. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy. CyberKnife therapy is commonly used for radiotherapy of pituitary tumors. It is a method of treatment for pituitary tumors that is suitable for pituitary adenomas that are not completely treated or may recur, as well as pituitary tumors with a diameter of less than 6.0 cm. Although radiotherapy has a certain effect on pituitary tumors, its dosage, efficacy, and damage to hypopituitarism, optic chiasm, optic nerves, and surrounding vascular and neural structures need further study in clinical practice.

CyberKnife is the world's new whole-body stereotactic radiosurgery treatment device and is also the most advanced tumor surgical radiotherapy device. It can treat tumors in various parts of the body and only requires 1-5 irradiations to kill tumor cells. The fourth-generation CyberKnife uses the most advanced breathing positioning system, making CyberKnife more accurate in treating tumors and solving the problem of inaccurate radiotherapy.

3. Surgical treatment: Among the treatment methods for pituitary tumors, surgical treatment is the most effective. Surgical treatment methods can be divided into craniotomy and transsphenoidal method. Craniotomy for pituitary tumors has a high risk, general effect, and a high recurrence rate. The recurrence rate of simple resection can reach 60%. It has been less used in clinical practice in recent years.

4. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment: It is suitable for patients with pituitary tumors who cannot undergo surgery or have partial surgical resection, or who have relapsed after surgery, or who have undergone X-knife, γ-knife, or radiotherapy. It can relieve some of the patient's symptoms. It is mainly used as an auxiliary treatment, especially for pituitary tumors that cannot be completely removed by surgery.

The above is an introduction to the treatment methods of pituitary tumors. I hope it will be helpful to you.