Hearing Preservation for Vestibular Schwannomas Treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery or Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy

摘要

BACKGROUND: Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are benign intracranial neoplasms arising from the eighth cranial nerve for which targeted radiation therapy (RT) has proved increasingly successful. However, long-term hearing and related cranial nerve outcomes have been disputed for the 3 current RT modalities.