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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
Treatment where the tumor is large can be with [[radiation therapy]] or surgery, and patients generally respond well. Efforts have been made to use a progesterone [[antagonist]] for the treatment of prolactinomas, but so far have not proved successful. | Treatment where the tumor is large can be with [[radiation therapy]] or surgery, and patients generally respond well. Efforts have been made to use a progesterone [[antagonist]] for the treatment of prolactinomas, but so far have not proved successful. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Surgery
Treatment where the tumor is large can be with radiation therapy or surgery, and patients generally respond well. Efforts have been made to use a progesterone antagonist for the treatment of prolactinomas, but so far have not proved successful.
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cs:Adenom hypofýzy nl:Hypofysetumor sk:Adenóm hypofýzy sv:Hypofystumör