Meningiomas

IR Whittle, C Smith, P Navoo, D Collie - The Lancet, 2004 - thelancet.com
Meningiomas are by far the most common tumours arising from the meninges. Progressive
enlargement of the tumour leads to focal or generalised seizure disorders or neurological …

Diagnosis and treatment of atypical and anaplastic meningiomas: a review

A Modha, PH Gutin - Neurosurgery, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Abstract ATYPICAL AND ANAPLASTIC meningiomas are uncommon tumors with a poorer
prognosis than benign meningiomas. We reviewed the current literature and attempted to …

Radiosurgery as definitive management of intracranial meningiomas

D Kondziolka, D Mathieu, LD Lunsford, JJ Martin… - …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Stereotactic radiosurgery has become an important primary or adjuvant
minimally invasive management strategy for patients with intracranial meningiomas with the …

Meningioma radiosurgery: tumor control, outcomes, and complications among 190 consecutive patients

SL Stafford, BE Pollock, RL Foote, MJ Link… - …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To determine local control (LC) and complication rates for patients with
intracranial meningiomas who underwent radiosurgery. METHODS: One hundred ninety …

A study on the radiation tolerance of the optic nerves and chiasm after stereotactic radiosurgery

SL Stafford, BE Pollock, JA Leavitt, RL Foote… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate the risk of clinically significant radiation optic neuropathy (RON) for
patients having stereotactic radiosurgery of benign tumors adjacent to the optic apparatus …

Long-term tumor control of benign intracranial meningiomas after radiosurgery in a series of 4565 patients

A Santacroce, M Walier, J Régis, R Liščák, E Motti… - …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To assess the long-term efficacy and safety of radiosurgery for meningiomas
with respect to tumor growth and prevention of associated neurological deterioration …

Stereotactic radiosurgery provides equivalent tumor control to Simpson Grade 1 resection for patients with small-to medium-size meningiomas

BE Pollock, SL Stafford, A Utter, C Giannini… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE:: To compare tumor control rates after surgical resection or stereotactic
radiosurgery for patients with small-to medium-size intracranial meningiomas. METHODS …

Posterior fossa meningiomas: surgical experience in 161 cases

F Roberti, LN Sekhar, C Kalavakonda, DC Wright - Surgical neurology, 2001 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND We report the clinical, radiological, and surgical findings of patients with
posterior fossa meningiomas surgically treated at our institution over the last 6 years …

Long-term outcomes after meningioma radiosurgery: physician and patient perspectives

D Kondziolka, EI Levy, A Niranjan, JC Flickinger… - Journal of …, 1999 - thejns.org
Object. Stereotactic radiosurgery is a primary or adjuvant management approach used to
treat patients with intracranial meningiomas. The goal of radiosurgery is long-term …

Gamma Knife surgery for benign meningioma

A Kollova, R Liščák, J Novotný, V Vladyka… - Journal of …, 2007 - thejns.org
Object Meningioma is the most frequent benign tumor treated with Gamma Knife surgery
(GKS); however, the assessment of its efficacy and safety in slow-growing tumors is an …