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Background: Single fraction radiosurgery of acoustic neuromas (AN) 3 cms. or smaller is remarkable for high control but not infrequent incidence of facial and trigeminal neuropathy. Larger tumors treated surgically often result in deafness and facial neuropathy. FSR was developed in an effort to maintain effective therapy while minimizing toxicity of treatment.Methods: Described are 38 patients...
Use of concurrent FSR and Taxol for RBT is reported.Twenty-six patients (pts) with tumor volume from 3.1 to 138.5 cc (mean 44.7) using from 1 to 4 collimators (mean 2.6) were treated. Treatment dose included FSR from 450 to 900 cGy (mean 644.2) weekly times 4 and concurrent Taxol in escalating doses from 80mg/m 2 .Follow-up ranged from 1.4 to 7.9 months (mean 4.5). Of 17 pts with follow-up...
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