Central Nervous System and Base of Skull Tumors

Today I’m writing about the 15 year study done by Loma Linda University Proton Center concerning success in treating Central Nervous System and Base of Skull tumors.
Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory reported long-term success using proton therapy for pituitary adenomas. Reporting on patients treated during the period from 1963 to 1990, they observed that 98% of 581 patients with acromegaly had hormone normalization at 20 years post treatment. In a group of 36 patients with Nelson’s syndrome and 180 patients with Cushing’s disease, 85% achieved hormone normalization at 20 years. Among patients treated to higher doses, 100% remained cured 10 years following treatment.
Tomorrow we’ll cover diseases of the eye and tumors of the head and neck.
All information referenced from Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, Volume 5, Number 2, April (2006).Have a good Tuesday.
Blessings,
Rick