Gamma Knife treatment of 100 consecutive meningiomas.
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg
; 66 Suppl 1: 121-8, 1996.
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| ID: mdl-9032852
ABSTRACT
Clinical and imaging results of Gamma Knife treatment of 100 consecutive patients with intracranial meningiomas are reported. Only 1 patient refused follow-up imaging and her symptoms remain improved after 1 year. Mean values for the patient and treatment parameters were age 61 years, duration of symptoms 3.6 years, time since diagnosis 3 years, average tumor diameter 2.4 cm, surface radiation dose 15 Gy and number of isocenters 5. Clinical outcomes revealed that 6 were improved, 75 were unchanged and 17 had deteriorated. Of the latter, 8 were operated, 4 were treated medically and 5 died. Imaging follow-up showed no growth in 87 patients. The size of tumors treated ranged from 0.66 to 6.8 cm average diameter. In the 77 patients with tumors with an average diameter of 3 cm or less, only 2 (3%) showed further growth, and none died of tumor-related causes.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radiocirurgia
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Neoplasias Meníngeas
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Meningioma
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg
Assunto da revista:
NEUROCIRURGIA
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos