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----------------------------------------------------------- From: APorpoise Message 4 in Discussion Williard, I don't get your comparison. Novak's brain tumor and our pituitary tumors. Yours was macro...large. But the majority of pituitary tumors are micro....very small. So they don't invade or have contact with the parts of the brain for function, thought, etc. Yes they do brain surgery for pituitary tumors. But the majority of pituitary tumors, nearl all, are benign, so that could be ONE reason why biopsy is not performed. Location is another, as well as size. Most of us, our pit tumors did not show on MRIs, so to biopsy them is not possible until you have surgery...which is to remove it. Pathology is done on what is removed. The type of tumor that Novak had is easier to access, so a biopsy would help before surgery. But I don't think that we should clump Pit tumors with Brain tumors such as Novak has. Our pit tumors do not normally lead to his type of brain tumor. This forum is Pituitary Chat........I'm sure that there are probably Brain tumor forums. ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/PituitaryChat/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
