Outcome after Radiotherapy for Vestibular Schwannomas (VS)—Differences in Tumor Control, Symptoms and Quality of Life after Radiotherapy with Photon versus Proton Therapy

Outcome after Radiotherapy for Vestibular Schwannomas (VS)—Differences in Tumor Control, Symptoms and Quality of Life after Radiotherapy with Photon versus Proton Therapy

Background: To evaluate differences in local tumor control (LC), symptoms and quality of life (QOL) of 261 patients with VS after stereotactic radiosurgery/hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (SRS/HFSRT) vs. fractionated radiotherapy (FRT) vs. fractionated proton therapy (FPT) were studied. M...

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Main Authors: Maike Küchler, Rami A. El Shafie, Sebastian Adeberg, Klaus Herfarth, Laila König, Kristin Lang, Juliane Hörner-Rieber, Peter Karl Plinkert, Wolfgang Wick, Felix Sahm, Simon David Sprengel, Jürgen Debus, Denise Bernhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
vestibular schwannomas
stereotactic radiotherapy
proton therapy
clinical outcome
tumor control
hearing preservation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/8/1916

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