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* There is no obvious medical treatment for schwannomas other than managing the symptoms. | * There is no obvious medical treatment for schwannomas other than managing the symptoms. | ||
===Radiotherapy=== | ===Radiotherapy=== | ||
Stereotactic radiotherapy and conventional fractionated radiation therapy | Stereotactic radiotherapy and conventional fractionated radiation therapy have been in use as one of the treatment modalities. <ref name="pmid28546250">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lin EP, Crane BT |title=The Management and Imaging of Vestibular Schwannomas |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=38 |issue=11 |pages=2034–2043 |date=November 2017 |pmid=28546250 |pmc=5690865 |doi=10.3174/ajnr.A5213 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid28409393">{{cite journal |vauthors=Persson O, Bartek J, Shalom NB, Wangerid T, Jakola AS, Förander P |title=Stereotactic radiosurgery vs. fractionated radiotherapy for tumor control in vestibular schwannoma patients: a systematic review |journal=Acta Neurochir (Wien) |volume=159 |issue=6 |pages=1013–1021 |date=June 2017 |pmid=28409393 |pmc=5425507 |doi=10.1007/s00701-017-3164-6 |url=}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maneesha Nandimandalam, M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
Medical therapy
- There is no obvious medical treatment for schwannomas other than managing the symptoms.
Radiotherapy
Stereotactic radiotherapy and conventional fractionated radiation therapy have been in use as one of the treatment modalities. [1][2]
References
- ↑ Lin EP, Crane BT (November 2017). "The Management and Imaging of Vestibular Schwannomas". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 38 (11): 2034–2043. doi:10.3174/ajnr.A5213. PMC 5690865. PMID 28546250.
- ↑ Persson O, Bartek J, Shalom NB, Wangerid T, Jakola AS, Förander P (June 2017). "Stereotactic radiosurgery vs. fractionated radiotherapy for tumor control in vestibular schwannoma patients: a systematic review". Acta Neurochir (Wien). 159 (6): 1013–1021. doi:10.1007/s00701-017-3164-6. PMC 5425507. PMID 28409393.