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15 years ago I had a pituitary tumor removed. Can another one grow back?

 

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August 16 2006 at 7:49 AM (11 minutes and 18 seconds later)
         
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Hello,

I am sorry to tell you that recurrence rate of pituitary tumours is 12% after 10 years. That is 12 out of every 100 patients will have a recurrence of the pituitary tumours after 10 years. Please see:

- http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo13/neuroendo13.htm please scroll down to 'Outcome', almost at the bottom of the page.

- http://pituitary.mgh.harvard.edu/e-s-964.htm

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