What is your preferred treatment for enlarging bilateral acoustic schwannomas?
Do you have any reservations about the efficacy of SRS over surgery?
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In a patient with bilateral vestibular schwannoma, with hearing in only 1 ear, how would you treat?
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Radiation Oncology · Florida International University
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This is indeed a very challenging situation, with no easy answers. A number of variables, such as patient age, hearing status, knowledge of sign language, expected longevity, underlying cardio-renal-GI conditions, genetic make-up (NF?), presence of other tumors, etc., would drive the decision making...
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