Meningioma
Study reviews the biology, diagnosis, and treatment of meningiomas
Published in Health and Medicine Week, June 21st, 2004
According to recent research published in the journal Lancet, "Meningiomas are by far the most common tumors arising from the meninges. Progressive enlargement of the tumor leads to focal or generalized seizure disorders or neurological deficits caused by compression of adjacent neural tissue."
"Surgery remains the primary treatment of choice, although the use of fractionated radiotherapy or stereotactic single-dose radiosurgery is increasing for meningiomas that are incompletely excised, surgically inaccessible, or recurrent and...
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