ear, nose, and throat disorders
Vestibular Schwannoma
Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma
Sometimes surgery or radiation therapy Tumors that are small and not growing or causing symptoms do not require treatment. Tumors that begin growing or cause symptoms are removed with surgery or controlled using Radiation Therapy for Cancer . Surgery may be done using a microscope (microsurgery) to avoid damaging the facial nerve, and hearing can sometimes be saved. Radiation therapy may be done using a very precise technique (called stereotactic radiation therapy) so that only the tumor is affected. Whether surgery or stereotactic radiation therapy is done depends on a number of factors including the person's age, health, amount of hearing loss, and size of the tumor. 