Many people who had traditional surgery have significant side effects. Some were not told what to expect. Others were led to believe that they would escape the problems common to surgery. We found dozens of people who were not told they had a choice. Their doctors said surgery was the best and only way to treat an acoustic neuroma without even considering tumor growth rates.
Doctors are in business to help people as well as to make money.
Some are not willing to turn business away. There were participants at the Symposium who were treated by such doctors. Although it's too late for them, it's not too late for those who are still evaluating options. In most cases, this slow-growing tumor requires little urgency. However, that's not what many of us were told.