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11026697

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
Results of radiation therapy for 20 patients with recurrent meningioma were analyzed. The patients included 8 men and 12 women, with a median age of 55 years. All of the patients had undergone at least one operation prior to the reoperation preceding radiotherapy. Ten patients had benign meningiomas, while 4 and 6 patients had atypical and malignant meningiomas, respectively, at the time of radiotherapy. The median radiation dose was 59.4 Gy (range: 50-61.2 Gy). The local control rate at 5 years was 36% for all 20 patients (41% for benign meningiomas and 30% for atypical or malignant meningiomas). The 5-year survival rate was 47%. Excluding 2 patients whose follow-up period was shorter than the preradiotherapy interval from the previous operation, the postradiation recurrence-free period was longer than the preradiotherapy interval in 50% (9/18) of the patients. No serious complications of radiotherapy were observed. Radiotherapy seemed to be effective in controlling the tumor or delaying recurrence in at least half of the patients. However, higher doses of radiation, using sophisticated radiation techniques, may be necessary to obtain higher control rates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0167-594X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Efficacy of conventional radiotherapy for recurrent meningioma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't