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Case-Based Review: meningioma
- Source :
- Neuro-oncology practice, vol 3, iss 2
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016.
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Abstract
- Meningioma is by far the most common primary intracranial tumor in adults. Treatment of meningioma is complex due to a tremendous amount of variability in tumor behavior. Many patients are incidentally found to have tumors that will remain asymptomatic throughout their lives. It is important to identify these patients so that they can be spared from potentially morbid interventions. On the other end of the spectrum, high-grade meningiomas can behave very aggressively. When treatment is necessary, surgical resection is the cornerstone of meningioma therapy. Studies spanning decades have demonstrated that extent of resection correlates with prognosis. Radiation therapy, either in the form of external beam radiation therapy or stereotactic radiosurgery, represents another important therapeutic tool that can be used in place of or as a supplement to surgery. There are no chemotherapeutic agents of proven efficacy against meningioma, and chemotherapy treatment is generally reserved for patients who have exhausted surgical and radiotherapy options. Ongoing and future studies will help to answer unresolved questions such as the optimum use of radiation in resected WHO grade II meningiomas and the efficacy of additional chemotherapy agents.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Future studies
Intracranial tumor
medicine.medical_treatment
Medicine (miscellaneous)
chemotherapy
meningioma
Asymptomatic
Radiosurgery
surgery
Meningioma
03 medical and health sciences
Rare Diseases
0302 clinical medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
neoplasms
Cancer
Chemotherapy
business.industry
radiosurgery
Neurosciences
Articles
medicine.disease
Chemotherapy regimen
Brain Disorders
nervous system diseases
Surgery
radiation
Brain Cancer
Radiation therapy
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20542585 and 20542577
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neuro-Oncology Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aaf91545aae09cd87c334a76b3a9f9ae