| Literature DB >> 20150363 |
Victor-Felix Mautner1, Rosa Nguyen, Hannes Kutta, Carsten Fuensterer, Carsten Bokemeyer, Christian Hagel, Reinhard E Friedrich, Jens Panse.
Abstract
Bilateral vestibular schwannomas are the hallmark of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), and these tumors impair hearing and frequently lead to deafness. Neurosurgical intervention, the only established treatment, often damages the vestibular nerve. We report 2 cases in which treatment with bevacizumab (for 3 months in one case and 6 months in the other) induced regression of progressive vestibular schwannomas by more than 40% and substantially improved hearing in the patient treated for 6 months. Bevacizumab therapy may thus provide an effective treatment for progressive vestibular schwannomas in patients with NF2.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 20150363 PMCID: PMC2940556 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nop010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuro Oncol ISSN: 1522-8517 Impact factor: 12.300