Radiation Therapy and Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas: Indications, Techniques, and Results

Michael J. Link; Colin L.W. Driscoll; Robert L. Foote; Bruce E. Pollock

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2011.12.006

Radiation Therapy and Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas: Indications, Techniques, and Results

Michael J. Link, Colin L.W. Driscoll, Robert L. Foote, Bruce E. Pollock

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This article describes in detail the uses of and distinctions between stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for vestibular schwannoma (VS). The authors discuss devices and techniques used in SRS and SRT and, additionally, present readers the approach used by surgeons at Mayo Clinic. They discuss indications and results for both approaches in patients with vestibular schwannoma. Treatment of small and large tumors is discussed, along with cystic tumors and NF2-associated VS. Repeating SRS for vestibular schwannoma is also mentioned.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	353-366
Number of pages	14
Journal	Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
Volume	45
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otc.2011.12.006
State	Published - Apr 2012

Keywords

Acoustic neuroma
Radiosurgery
Radiotherapy
Vestibular schwannoma

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Otorhinolaryngology

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