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----------------------------------------------------------- From: Willard1H Message 8 in Discussion Hi, junior lady, Oh, yeah, we've been round and round on the pit tumor / brain tumor issue, but a pituitary tumor is a brain tumor. You don't mind if I type that in big capital letters, do you? A PITUITARY TUMOR IS A BRAIN TUMOR. For you, seeking college financial aid, this is a vital issue. But just in case someone tries to hassle you about any medical distinctions, refer them to the web page of Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS). That's the "not-for-profit corporation committed to providing a resource for gathering and disseminating current epidemiologic data on all primary brain tumors." Repeatedly on their Fact Sheet, the mention how they compile records of: "...incidence rates and estimated new cases (of) all primary malignant and non-malignant tumors of the brain, central nervous system, pituitary and pineal glands, and olfactory tumors of the nasal cavity." The American Brain Tumor Assocation includes us on a comprehensive Pituitary Tumor page. The National Brain Tumor Foundation lists Pituitary Tumors among about 15 types of brain tumors. I'd mentioned how the UN agency WHO includes pit tumors in the BT rankings. The same is mentioned in websites around the world -- in English in Canada, the U.K., Australia, etc. For instance, the Brain Tumour Foundation of India includes pituitary adenoma in its "Benign Tumours" section on their About Brain Tumours page. In the unlikely event you encounter someone who is still so stubborn or too ignorant to understand that a PITUITARY TUMOR IS A BRAIN TUMOR, refer them to the Wikipedia entry: A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or spread from cancers primarily located in other organs (metastatic tumors). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services includes a big page on our pit tumors. It's within their National Institutes of Health, in the site for the National Cancer Institute. (Despite this, remember that relatively few pituitary tumors are cancerous.) So, of course, all this means that you are eligible to apply for any of the appropriate scholarships or financial program for brain tumor patients. The same is true for the children of pituitary tumor survivors (or heirs), who can apply for BT funds set aside for them. Good news! If any university gives you a hard time, I'd say you have excellent grounds to sue their pants off. Good luck, Willard ----------------------------------------------------------- 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]
