Stereotactic radiotherapy of vestibular schwannoma : Hearing preservation, vestibular function, and local control following primary and salvage radiotherapy.

Florian PutzJan MüllerCaterina WimmerNicole GoerigStefan KnippenHeinrich IroPhilipp GrundtnerIlker EyüpogluKarl RösslerSabine SemrauRainer FietkauSebastian Lettmaier

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2016)

Stereotactic RT of vestibular schwannoma provides good functional outcomes and high control rates. Dependence of hearing preservation on time of follow-up and initial tumor stage has to be considered.

Keyphrases

hearing loss
early stage
locally advanced
radiation therapy
radiation induced
brain metastases
small cell lung cancer