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Radiation Oncology • Neuro-Oncology
What are the appropriate dose-fractionation schedules for patients being treated with EBRT as opposed to SRS for an acoustic neuroma?
Specifically, what factors contribute to your dose-fractionation schedule? In what circumstances (if any) would you recommend 25 Gy in 5 fractions?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
While we can argue about SRS versus FSRT all day, I think the data is slightly more clear with fractionation schedules. At Thomas Jefferson, my previous institution, we favored fractionation to 46.8 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions for patients with serviceable hearing as this regimen has shown excellent tumo...
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