Survival impacts of extent of resection and adjuvant radiotherapy for the modern management of high-grade meningiomas.

Depei LiPingping JiangShijie XuCong LiShaoyan XiJi ZhangYinsheng ChenXiaobing JiangXiangheng ZhangKe SaiJian WangYonggao MouChao KeZhongping Chen

Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2019)

On modern management of high-grade meningiomas, GTR does not improve OS, but seems to be associated with increased PFS. Radiotherapy is reasonable as a supplement for treating grade III meningiomas, whereas its effect for grade II meningiomas remains uncertain and needs further validation by prospective study.

Keyphrases

high grade
early stage
low grade
locally advanced
radiation therapy
radiation induced