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I just got a diagnosis of acoustic neuroma. is surgery a better option verses radiation when the tumour is 4 mm?
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Consider observation: These tumors are typically.Slow growers. Neither treatment is benign. It may be valuable to follow it with MRI and treat if symptoms worsen.
Answered 10/25/2016
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Depends: At that size another option is to simply observe the tumor. When considering any intervention it's important to understand the overall experience of the center you are being treated at. A 4mm lesion is quite small and could be observed in some cases.
Answered 1/14/2014
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