Long-Term Outcomes of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma Associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 in Comparison to Sporadic Schwannoma

Long-Term Outcomes of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma Associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 in Comparison to Sporadic Schwannoma

The efficacy of radiosurgery for neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2)-associated vestibular schwannoma (VS) remains debatable. We retrospectively analyzed radiosurgical outcomes for NF2-associated VS compared to sporadic VS using our database of 422 consecutive VS patients. Twenty-five patients with 30 NF...

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Main Authors: Yuki Shinya, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Masahiro Shin, Takehiro Sugiyama, Mariko Kawashima, Wataru Takahashi, Shinichi Iwasaki, Akinori Kashio, Hirofumi Nakatomi, Nobuhito Saito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
gamma knife radiosurgery
neurofibromatosis type 2
propensity score matching
stereotactic radiosurgery
tumor control
vestibular schwannoma
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/11/10/1498

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