When do you refer patients receiving CNS-directed radiotherapy to endocrinology?
Do you have a specific pituitary dose threshold?
Do you typically refer prior to or following radiotherapy?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
In my practice, patients with pituitary tumors are followed by a pituitary endocrinologist. For all the other skull based tumors, I usually don’t refer patients to endocrinology unless a patient is found to have abnormalities with their pituitary function tests. We screen most patients with sk...