A hypophysectomy is the surgical removal of the pituitary gland to treat cancerous or benign tumors. Most of the reported pituitary tumors that are removed turn out to be benign. The pituitary gland ...

In 100 cases of widespread, disseminated carcinoma of the breast, with a follow-up between 14 and 40 months, overall remission rate after cryohypophysectomy was 40 per cent. Eighty-five of the ...

"I wonder if patient could tolerate such a procedure emotionally," wrote a doctor about Mrs. E., a 44-year-old breast cancer patient being considered for a last-ditch brain operation called a ...