Targeted drug therapy for meningiomas

Neurosurg Focus. 2007;23(4):E12. doi: 10.3171/FOC-07/10/E12.

Abstract

Although advances in surgery, radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery have significantly improved the treatment of meningiomas, there remains an important subset of patients whose tumors are refractory to conventional therapy. Treatment with traditional chemotherapeutic agents has provided minimal benefit. In this review, the role of targeted molecular therapies for recurrent or progressive meningiomas is discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / enzymology
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / genetics
  • Meningioma / drug therapy*
  • Meningioma / enzymology
  • Meningioma / genetics

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Enzyme Inhibitors