Basic Summary for Prolactinoma

Main name of condition: Prolactinoma

What is Prolactinoma?
  Brief description of Prolactinoma: Benign cancer of the pituitary gland producing prolactin.
  Parent types of Prolactinoma: Cancer, Pituitary Cancer, Pituitary conditions
  Organs Affected by Prolactinoma: pituitary, female sex organs, breasts

How many people get Prolactinoma?
  Incidence (annual) of Prolactinoma: less than 14 per 100,000 (the rate for pituitary tumors)
  Incidence Rate of Prolactinoma: approx 1 in 7,142 or 0.01% or 38,080 people in USA [about data]
  Prevalance of Prolactinoma: Clinically significant pituitary tumors affect the health of approximately 14 out of 100,000 people. ¹

How serious is Prolactinoma?
Complications of Prolactinoma: see complications of Prolactinoma

What causes Prolactinoma?
Class of Condition for Prolactinoma: cancer

What are the symptoms of Prolactinoma?
Symptoms of Prolactinoma: see symptoms of Prolactinoma

Can anyone else get Prolactinoma?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.

How is it treated?
Treatments for Prolactinoma: see treatments for Prolactinoma

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Prolactinoma: NIDDK

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