BACKGROUND: Stereotactic radiosurgery is the principal therapeutic alternative to resecting benign @entity5 . The goals of radiosurgery are the long-term prevention of @entity5 growth, the maintenance of @entity1 function, and the prevention of new @entity51 or adverse radiation effects. Evaluation of long-term outcomes more than 10 years after radiosurgery is needed. METHODS: We evaluated 285 consecutive @entity1 who underwent radiosurgery for benign @entity5 between 1987 and 1992. Serial imaging studies were obtained, and clinical evaluations were performed. Our series included 157 @entity1 with @entity5513 , 85 @entity1 with @entity1653 , 28 @entity1 with @entity977 , 10 @entity1 with other @entity129 , and 5 @entity1 with @entity976 . Prior surgical resection had been performed in 44% of these @entity1 , and prior radiotherapy had been administered in 5%. The median follow-up period was 10 years. RESULTS: Overall, 95% of the 285 @entity1 in this series had imaging-defined @entity5 control (63% had @entity5 regression, and 32% had no further @entity5 growth). The @entity5 control rate at 15 years was 93.7%. In 5% of the @entity1 , delayed @entity5 growth was identified. Resection was performed after radiosurgery in 13 @entity1 (5%). No @entity1 developed a radiation-induced @entity5 . Eighty-one percent of the @entity1 were still alive at the time of this analysis. Normal facial nerve function was maintained in 95% of @entity1 who had normal function before undergoing treatment for @entity5513 . CONCLUSION: Stereotactic radiosurgery provided high rates of @entity5 growth control, often with @entity5 regression, and low morbidity rates in @entity1 with benign @entity5 when evaluated over the long term. This study supports radiosurgery as a reliable alternative to surgical resection for selected @entity1 with benign @entity5 .

Long-term results after radiosurgery for benign XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity129 :: ('MESH:D003389', 'Disease') :: ['cranial nerve schwannomas'] @entity5513 :: ('MESH:D009464', 'Disease') :: ['acoustic neuromas', 'vestibular schwannomas'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'actuarial tumor', 'intracranial tumors', 'local tumor'] @entity51 :: ('MESH:D009461', 'Disease') :: ['neurological deficits'] @entity1653 :: ('MESH:D008579', 'Disease') :: ['meningiomas'] @entity977 :: ('MESH:D010911', 'Disease') :: ['pituitary adenomas'] @entity976 :: ('MESH:D003397', 'Disease') :: ['craniopharyngiomas']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['intracranial tumors']
