This article describes various epidemiologic trends for vestibular schwannomas over the last
35 years and includes a brief note on terminology. Knowledge of the spontaneous course or …

Vestibular schwannomas are the most common cerebellopontine angle tumor. During the
past century, the management goals of vestibular schwannomas have shifted from total …

✓ A dose gradient index (GI) is proposed that can be used to compare treatment plans of
equal conformity. The steep dose gradient outside the radiosurgical target is one of the …

Object Since the 1990s, Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) has become the first-line
treatment option for small-to medium-size vestibular schwannomas (VSs), especially in …

Object There are a variety of treatment options for the management of vestibular
schwannomas (VSs), including microsurgical resection, radiotherapy, and observation …

OBJECTIVE To conduct a prospective, open, nonrandomized study of treatment-associated
morbidity in patients undergoing microsurgery or gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for …

Purpose: To define long-term tumor control and clinical outcomes of radiosurgery with
marginal tumor doses of 12 to 13 Gy for unilateral acoustic schwannoma. Methods and …

In recent years the use of radiation treatment for benign tumours has increased with the
advent of stereotactic delivery and, in particular, single high dose gamma knife therapy. This …

Object Many patients with acoustic neuromas (ANs) have hearing function at diagnosis and
desire to maintain it. To date, radiosurgical techniques have been focused on conformal …

Recommendation: Level 3: Individuals who meet these criteria and are considering
stereotactic radiosurgery should be counseled that there is moderately high probability (> …