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What treatment technique do you recommend for maximum hearing preservation when treating a vestibular schwannoma: fractionated radiosurgery (25 Gy in 5 fractions) or single fraction radiosurgery?

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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

HI I was asked to respond to this very interesting question, we have tried both 5Gyx5 and SRS for these cases, and we moved our practice from SRS to hypofractionated a number of years ago. I have been equally disappointed with the outcomes in terms of hearing preservation with both approaches, parti...

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What treatment technique do you recommend for maximum hearing preservation when treating a vestibular schwannoma: fractionated radiosurgery (25 Gy in 5 fractions) or single fraction radiosurgery? | Mednet