Less Radiation Just As Effective In Fighting Brain Tumor, Saving Hearing, Study Shows

... Radiation oncologists have found that giving less radiation than usual is just as effective against a benign but potential devastating brain tumor called an acoustic schwannoma, and better yet, might save more of the patient's hearing. They compared two groups among 115 patients with acoustic schwannomas treated at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital between 1994 and 2005. Both had effective tumor control, but those who received the lower radiation dose had more hearing preserved. ...