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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: tdandu on October 13, 2014, 06:29:43 pm

Title: Radiation or Surgery ?
Post by: tdandu on October 13, 2014, 06:29:43 pm

Hello ,

My husband has been recently diagnosed with Menengioma (with differential diagnosis) of Acoustic Neuroma of the IAC. He is 35 years old and his tumor size is 2.2cmx2.4cmx2.1cm . Wondering if there are any people in the forum who underwent radiation treatment for tumors ~2.5cm. How was the progress post radiation treatment ?

We met one ENT so far @Yale. He suggested surgery keeping in mind the age of the patient. I emailed Dr. Chang from Stanford and based on the size , he said my husband can be a candidate for radiation. Also, can anyone suggest how they got the consult from Dr. Chang ? do you have to meet him personally ? Would he be willing to do the initial consultation through phone ? Any experiences there ?

We will be meeting Dr. Golfinos from NYU soon. Have sent the records to House Clinic and USC. Will have to hear from them yet.

Title: Re: Radiation or Surgery ?
Post by: john1455 on October 13, 2014, 09:23:47 pm

All Dr Chang needs is a copy of your latest MRI and if you have a copy of the MRI report, send that too. Mail it to him and ask him to call you.