Published in Cancer Weekly, July 19th, 2005
"Meningiomas are rare intracranial neoplasms in childhood and adolescence, representing .4-4.1% of the pediatric-age tumors and 1.5-1.8% of all intracranial meningiomas. The goal of this study was to determine epidemiology, clinical and radiological features, and long-term outcome of childhood and adolescence meningiomas," scientists in Turkey reported.
"Patients operated for intracranial meningiomas of childhood and adolescence between 1983 and 2003 at Gazi University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, were evaluated retrospectively. This study...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-07-19)
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