Mayo Clinic Finds Stereotactic Radiosurgery is Successful for Most Large AN's

[jb]

Hi all,
I got this article via Google alerts, so just thought I'd pass it along.  They used GK and don't give a lot of details about the size of AN's treated (except that they're "large").  Results look encouraging, although patients with smaller tumors still fare better on average.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100504006497&newsLang=en

[Lizard]

Wow thanks for sharing Liz

[Jim Scott]

JB ~

Interesting and because it's from the prestigious Mayo Clinic, carries a lot of weight.  I'd like to know exactly what size the 'large' ANs were but a 85% rate of success (no re-growth) is definitely attention-grabbing. 

Thanks for passing this along.

Jim

[TJ]

I also agree that it is a good article.  The one exception is that it does not clarify after 5 years why hearing went down.  Dr. Jackler of Stanford has told me that folks start losing hearing after 5 years because the cochlea does not handle radiation well.  I just wish someone would do a study on just that.  I mean you're between a rock and a hard place.  Let the tumor grow and lose hearing, have radiation and lose hearing.

TJ

[Larry]

JB,

Appreciate you sharing this and it is worth following up. I am interested to know the details behind that study - key stats etc are important when releasing that type of info. You have to be careful with statistics coz they can be manipulated. Nonetheless - it does sound very good.


laz