Clinicopathologic Features of Aggressive Meningioma Emphasizing the Role of Radiotherapy in Treatment
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- 作者：Rita Engenhart-Cabillic ; Ahmed Farhoud ; Ulrich Sure ; Stefan Heinze ; Martin Henzel ; Hans-Dieter Mennel and Helmut Bertalanffy
- 关键词：Key Words ; Atypical meningioma ; Anaplastic meningioma ; Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy ; Microsurgery
- 刊名：Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
- 出版年：2006
- 出版时间：November, 2006
- 年：2006
- 卷：182
- 期：11
- 页码：641-646
- 全文大小：348 KB
文摘
Background and Purpose: Although meningiomas are typically benign, they occasionally behave in an aggressive fashion and carry a less favorable prognosis. The aim of this study was to review the clinical, radiologic and histopathologic features of these aggressive variants as well as the outcome after multimodality therapy.