pitutary tumor radation?

Question

I am having external radation therapy on a Pitutarty tumor in my head, will they go from the side or from the front of my face, what are the real side effect and how long do they take to feel, will my face get all red

Answer 1

I had proton beam radiation on a tumor next to my pituitary gland. They went through my face, marked up with pinpoint tattoos which washed off with a lot of scrubbing in a few months.
I had an experimentally high dose in a trial but I was well enough to take a transatlantic plane within 18 hours of the last treatment. Nothing showed although I got tired by week 9.

Answer 2

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). Primary (true) brain tumors are commonly located in the posterior cranial fossa in children and in the anterior two-thirds of the cerebral hemispheres in adults, although they can affect any part of the brain