Long-term outcomes of fractionated proton beam therapy for benign or radiographic intracranial meningioma

AL Holtzman, GE Glassman, R Dagan, D Rao… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Benign intracranial meningioma is one of the most common primary brain
neoplasms. Proton therapy has been increasingly utilized for nonoperative management of …

CyberKnife multisession stereotactic radiosurgery and hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for perioptic meningiomas: intermediate-term results and …

A Conti, A Pontoriero, F Midili, G Iatì, C Siragusa… - Springerplus, 2015 - Springer
Single fraction radiosurgery is conventionally precluded for lesions lying< 2-3 mm of the
anterior visual pathway because of the radiosensitivity of the optic nerve. We analyzed a …

Frameless stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of primary intracranial tumours in dogs

CL Mariani, TA Schubert, RA House… - Veterinary and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a procedure that delivers a single large radiation dose to
a well‐defined target. Here, we describe a frameless SRS technique suitable for intracranial …

Treatment of WHO grade 2 meningiomas with stereotactic radiosurgery: identification of an optimal group for SRS using RPA

RO Kowalchuk, MJ Shepard, K Sheehan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose This study assesses a large multi-institutional database to present the outcomes of
World Health Organization grade 2 meningiomas treated with stereotactic radiosurgery …

Identification of PD-L2, B7-H3 and CTLA-4 immune checkpoint proteins in genetic subtypes of meningioma

DT Proctor, Z Patel, S Lama, L Resch… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Meningioma is the most common brain tumor in adults. Surgical resection remains the
primary treatment. No chemotherapy exists. However, gene mutations now could explain …

Long-term efficacy of fractionated radiotherapy for benign meningiomas

F Soldà, B Wharram, PB De Ieso, J Bonner… - Radiotherapy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess long term efficacy of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (fSRT) in the
treatment of benign intracranial meningiomas. Materials and methods Retrospective study of …

Radiation therapy for older patients with brain tumors

G Minniti, AR Filippi, MF Osti, U Ricardi - Radiation Oncology, 2017 - Springer
The incidence of brain tumors in the elderly population has increased over the last few
decades. Current treatment includes surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but the …

Fractionated stereotactic conformal radiotherapy for large benign skull base meningiomas

G Minniti, E Clarke, L Cavallo, MF Osti, V Esposito… - Radiation …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose to assess the safety and efficacy of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) for
large skull base meningiomas. Methods and Materials Fifty-two patients with large skull …

Radioresistance of brain tumors

K Kelley, J Knisely, M Symons, R Ruggieri - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
Radiation therapy (RT) is frequently used as part of the standard of care treatment of the
majority of brain tumors. The efficacy of RT is limited by radioresistance and by normal tissue …

Meta-analysis of adjuvant radiotherapy for intracranial atypical and malignant meningiomas

A Unterberger, T Nguyen, C Duong, A Kondajji… - Journal of Neuro …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Meningiomas comprise 33% of all CNS tumors. The World Health Organization
(WHO) describes meningiomas as benign (BM), atypical (AM), and malignant/anaplastic …