Meningioma



Meningioma


Recurrence pattern after Surgery

  • Simpson D. The recurrence of intracranial meningiomas after surgical treatment. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. 1957 Feb;20(1):22.           

  • Stafford SL, Perry A, Suman VJ, Meyer FB, Scheithauer BW, Lohse CM, Shaw EG. Primarily resected meningiomas: outcome and prognostic factors in 581 Mayo Clinic patients, 1978 through 1988. InMayo Clinic Proceedings 1998 Oct 31 (Vol. 73, No. 10, pp. 936-942). Elsevier.
Retrospective studies supporting post op RT after subtotal resection of benign meningioma     

  • Glaholm J, Bloom HJ, Crow JH. The role of radiotherapy in the management of intracranial meningiomas: the Royal Marsden Hospital experience with 186 patients. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics. 1990 Apr 1;18(4):755-61.

  • Taylor BW, Marcus RB, Friedman WA, Ballinger WE, Million RR. The meningioma controversy: postoperative radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics. 1988 Aug 1;15(2):299-304.

  • Condra KS, Buatti JM, Mendenhall WM, Friedman WA, Marcus RB, Rhoton AL. Benign meningiomas: primary treatment selection affects survival. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics. 1997 Sep 1;39(2):427-36.
Retrospective studies supporting RT for atypical or malignant meningiomas

  • Condra KS, Buatti JM, Mendenhall WM, Friedman WA, Marcus RB, Rhoton AL. Benign meningiomas: primary treatment selection affects survival. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics. 1997 Sep 1;39(2):427-36.

  • Goyal LK, Suh JH, Mohan DS, Prayson RA, Lee J, Barnett GH. Local control and overall survival in atypical meningioma: a retrospective study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics. 2000 Jan 1;46(1):57-61.

  • Jenkinson MD, Weber DC, Haylock BJ, Mallucci CL, Zakaria R, Javadpour M. Radiotherapy versus observation following surgical resection of atypical meningioma (the ROAM trial). Neuro-oncology. 2014 Nov;16(11):1560-1   ROAM TRIAL