Does Size Matter? On the Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Large Vestibular Schwannomas as Seen in an Institutional Experience of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for High-Grade Tumors.

Objective: Management of large vestibular schwannoma (VS) is controversial. Surgery has historically been the treatment of choice, but emerging literature suggests that definitive stereotactic radiosurgery is feasible. We report our institutional experience of control and morbidity outcomes treating Koos grade 3-4 VS with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS).

Racial segregation and disparities in breast cancer care and mortality.

Background: Questions have existed as to whether residential segregation is a mediator of racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer care and breast cancer mortality, or has a differential effect by race/ethnicity.

Methods: Data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database on white, black, and Hispanic women aged 66 to 85 years with breast cancer were examined for the receipt of adequate breast cancer care.

Results: Blacks were less likely than whites to receive adequate breast cancer care (odds ratio [OR], 0.