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Is there any evidence that radiotherapy can worsen balance, dizziness, or vertigo in patients treated for vestibular schwannoma due to transient edema?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Arizona

While the answer from Dr. @Dr. First Last addresses a much broader category of patients treated with SRS, we have looked specifically at post radiation side effects after treatment of vestibular schwannomas treated with either SRS (12.5 Gy), hypofractionated SRS (hSRT with 5 fractions of 5 Gy), or c...

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Radiation Oncology · Florida International University

Post-SRS Acute Symptomatic Worsening in Vestibular Schwannoma

Minesh Mehta, @Dr. First Last, @Dr. First Last, and Michael Mcdermott

Acute symptomatic worsening after SRS or FSRT for vestibular schwannoma is uncommon and hence, there are no great databases to answer this question with precision. In 2...

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