What are your target volumes and dose for recurrent atypical meningiomas that have been initially treated with definitive surgery alone?
Would you treat just the gross tumor at recurrence or the entire initial operative bed? Do your volumes and dose differ from those treated adjuvantly after initial surgery?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
These questions get to the bottom of several important issues facing patients with WHO grade II meningioma and physicians treating them. Permit me to approach these inquiries as if writing a Scientific American article, answers first, then some abbreviated supporting documentation. Regarding treatme...
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Radiation Oncologist at St. Johns Health Center Thanks - that is very helpful. What is your appro...
Radiation Oncologist at GammaWest Cancer Services For patients with a WHO grade II meningioma that i...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Good day everyone. These answers have been very helpful.
Quick question @C. Leland Rogers. With the current data available, for grade 2 meningioma with multiple satellite nodules along a large scar and close to the optic apparatus, would you consider treating the entire tumor bed and GTVs to 54 Gy,...
Thanks - that is very helpful. What is your appro...
For patients with a WHO grade II meningioma that i...