Endocrinology care in South Africa
Hospitals and medical centers in South Africa performing Pituitary Tumors treatment.
Key planning information for pituitary tumors treatment in South Africa.
Pituitary Tumors Treatment in South Africa is priced per case at 4 hospitals. Each hospital quotes its own price for your case.
Pituitary Tumors Treatment is listed by 4 hospitals in South Africa. The order reshuffles every hour so each gets equal exposure.
Hospital GroupLife Healthcare is a leading private hospital operator in South Africa and primarily serves the market for privately insured individuals, representing approximately eight million people. The group provides mainly acute care, high technology private hospital services.
Hospital GroupNetcare Group provides innovative, quality healthcare in South Africa and the United Kingdom.
Private HospitalNelson Mandela Academic Hospital is a large Provincial government funded hospital situated in central Mthatha in South Africa. It is a tertiary teaching hospital and forms part of the Mthatha Hospital Complex.
Private HospitalThe extensive hospital network includes 64 hospitals (of which 57 are majority owned by Life Healthcare and another seven in which the group holds substantial minority ownership), providing a range of healthcare services throughout South Africa.
Tumors that arise from the pituitary gland itself are called carcinomas or adenomas. Pituitary adenomas are slow growing tumors that are benign, while pituitary carcinomas are malignant. The pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland located at the base of the brain, above the back of the nose. It is responsible for producing different hormones that affect the way various parts of the body work.
People with a family history of Carney complex, multiple endocrine neoplasia types 1 (MEN1) syndrome or isolated familial acromegaly have an increased risk of developing pituitary tumors.
Imaging studies and blood and urine tests are used to diagnose a pituitary tumor. Pituitary carcinoma is diagnosed only when there are metastases inside or outside the nervous system. The following tests and procedures may be used:
Because the pituitary gland revolves around so many of the body’s functions, a multi-disciplinary approach to tumor treatment is required to ensure the best possible outcome. Treatment options depend on the following:
Surgery: Treatment of pituitary tumors usually involves removing the tumor through surgery.
Medication: Medication may be used to reduce the size of the size of the tumor without surgery.
Radiation therapy: This treatment method can be used to treat a persistent or recurring tumor that does not respond to medication, as long as the tumor is a secreting hormone. For tumors that do not secrete hormone, radiation may be used following the partial removal of the tumor if it was invasive.
Replacement hormone therapy: This is often prescribed following surgery or radiation therapy.The chance of recovery depends on the type and size of the tumor, and whether it has spread into other areas of the central nervous system, such as the brain and spinal cord or outside of the central nervous system to other parts of the body.
Key facts to plan your treatment: how long it takes, your hospital stay, anaesthesia, risks and recovery.
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