Twenty years' experience in the treatment of acoustic neuromas with fractionated radiotherapy: a review of 45 cases.

Purpose: To evaluate very long-term results of fractionated radiotherapy (FRT) of acoustic neuromas (AN).

Methods And Materials: From January 1986 to January 2004, FRT was performed in 45 consecutive patients (46 AN). Indications were as follows: poor general condition contraindicating surgery, hearing preservation in bilateral neuromas, partial resection, nonsurgical recurrence.