Radiotherapy for vestibular schwannomas: a critical review

ES Murphy, JH Suh - International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology …, 2011 - Elsevier
Vestibular schwannomas are slow-growing tumors of the myelin-forming cells that cover
cranial nerve VIII. The treatment options for patients with vestibular schwannoma include …

The newly diagnosed vestibular schwannoma: radiosurgery, resection, or observation?

D Kondziolka, SH Mousavi, H Kano, JC Flickinger… - Neurosurgical …, 2012 - thejns.org
Object Management recommendations for patients with smaller-volume or newly diagnosed
vestibular schwannomas (< 4 cm 3) need to be based on an understanding of the …

Update from the 2011 International Schwannomatosis Workshop: From genetics to diagnostic criteria

SR Plotkin, JO Blakeley, DG Evans… - American journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Schwannomatosis is the third major form of neurofibromatosis and is characterized by the
development of multiple schwannomas in the absence of bilateral vestibular schwannomas …

The biology of radiosurgery and its clinical applications for brain tumors

D Kondziolka, SM Shin, A Brunswick, I Kim… - Neuro …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was developed decades ago but only began to impact brain
tumor care when it was coupled with high-resolution brain imaging techniques such as …

Wait-and-see strategy compared with proactive Gamma Knife surgery in patients with intracanalicular vestibular schwannomas

J Régis, R Carron, MC Park, O Soumare… - Journal of …, 2010 - thejns.org
Object The roles of the wait-and-see strategy and proactive Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) in
the treatment paradigm for small intracanalicular vestibular schwannomas (VSs) is still a …

Long-term outcome after highly advanced single-dose or fractionated radiotherapy in patients with vestibular schwannomas–pooled results from 3 large German …

SE Combs, C Engelhard, C Kopp… - Radiotherapy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate long-term clinical outcome and determine prognostic factors for local-
control, hearing preservation and cranial nerve toxicity in 449 patients treated for 451 …

Preserving normal facial nerve function and improving hearing outcome in large vestibular schwannomas with a combined approach: planned subtotal resection …

RT Daniel, C Tuleasca, M George, E Pralong… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
Objective To perform planned subtotal resection followed by gamma knife surgery (GKRS) in
a series of patients with large vestibular schwannoma (VS), aiming at an optimal functional …

Retrosigmoid removal of small acoustic neuroma: curative tumor removal with preservation of function

I Yamakami, S Ito, Y Higuchi - Journal of neurosurgery, 2014 - thejns.org
Object Management of small acoustic neuromas (ANs) consists of 3 options: observation
with imaging follow-up, radiosurgery, and/or tumor removal. The authors report the long-term …

Long-term hearing preservation after microsurgical excision of vestibular schwannoma

EA Woodson, RD Dempewolf, SP Gubbels… - Otology & …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To examine long-term hearing outcomes after microsurgical excision of vestibular
schwannoma (VS). Study Design: Retrospective case review. Setting: Tertiary referral …

Longitudinal analysis of hearing before and after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma

S Yomo, R Carron, JM Thomassin, PH Roche… - Journal of …, 2012 - thejns.org
Object The aim of this study was to perform an accurate analysis of changes in hearing in
patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) who have undergone Gamma Knife surgery …