title: Radiation therapy and radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas: indications, techniques, and results.
abstract: This article describes in detail the uses of and distinctions between stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for vestibular schwannoma (VS). The authors discuss devices and techniques used in SRS and SRT and, additionally, present readers the approach used by surgeons at Mayo Clinic. They discuss indications and results for both approaches in patients with vestibular schwannoma. Treatment of small and large tumors is discussed, along with cystic tumors and NF2-associated VS. Repeating SRS for vestibular schwannoma is also mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55902, USA. link.michael@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: Colin L W
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Foote
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Pollock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011379:Prognosis; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome