Gamma Knife treatment of 100 consecutive meningiomas

Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 1996:66 Suppl 1:121-8. doi: 10.1159/000099777.

Abstract

Clinical and imaging results of Gamma Knife treatment of 100 consecutive patients with intracranial meningiomas are reported. Only 1 patient refused follow-up imaging and her symptoms remain improved after 1 year. Mean values for the patient and treatment parameters were age 61 years, duration of symptoms 3.6 years, time since diagnosis 3 years, average tumor diameter 2.4 cm, surface radiation dose 15 Gy and number of isocenters 5. Clinical outcomes revealed that 6 were improved, 75 were unchanged and 17 had deteriorated. Of the latter, 8 were operated, 4 were treated medically and 5 died. Imaging follow-up showed no growth in 87 patients. The size of tumors treated ranged from 0.66 to 6.8 cm average diameter. In the 77 patients with tumors with an average diameter of 3 cm or less, only 2 (3%) showed further growth, and none died of tumor-related causes.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Linear Models
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Meningioma / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Radiosurgery*