[Research advances in molecular mechanisms underlying the different biological behaviors of vestibular schwannoma].

Current treatment options of vestibular schwannomas should not be limited to conventional surgery because of the variability of tumor growth. Recent studies of vestibular schwannomas suggested that the development of the tumor tended to depend on the shuttle between the nucleus and cytoplasm, and the expression patterns of merlin protein. New drug targets for schwannoma therapies might be identified through future in-depth investigations of the function of merlin, thus contributing to tumor control.