TY - JOUR
T1 - State-of-the-art treatment alternatives for base of skull meningiomas
T2 - Complementing and controversial indications for neurosurgery, stereotactic and robotic based radiosurgery or modern fractionated radiation techniques
AU - Combs, Stephanie E.
AU - Ganswindt, Ute
AU - Foote, Robert L.
AU - Kondziolka, Douglas
AU - Tonn, Jörg Christian
PY - 2012/12/29
Y1 - 2012/12/29
N2 - For skull base meningiomas, several treatment paradigms are available: Observation with serial imaging, surgical resection, stereotactic radiosurgery, radiation therapy or some combination of both. The choice depends on several factors. In this review we evaluate different treatment options, the outcome of modern irradiation techniques as well as the clinical results available, and establish recommendations for the treatment of patients with skull-base meningiomas.
AB - For skull base meningiomas, several treatment paradigms are available: Observation with serial imaging, surgical resection, stereotactic radiosurgery, radiation therapy or some combination of both. The choice depends on several factors. In this review we evaluate different treatment options, the outcome of modern irradiation techniques as well as the clinical results available, and establish recommendations for the treatment of patients with skull-base meningiomas.
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U2 - 10.1186/1748-717X-7-226
DO - 10.1186/1748-717X-7-226
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23273161
AN - SCOPUS:84871588074
SN - 1748-717X
VL - 7
JO - Radiation Oncology
JF - Radiation Oncology
IS - 1
M1 - 226
ER -