Brain Invasion in Meningioma—A Prognostic Potential Worth Exploring
Open Access
- 28 June 2021
- Vol. 13 (13), 3259
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13133259
Abstract
Most meningiomas are slow growing tumors arising from the arachnoid cap cells and can be cured by surgical resection or radiation therapy in selected cases. However, recurrent and aggressive cases are also quite common and challenging to treat due to no established treatment alternatives. Assessment of the risk of recurrence is therefore of utmost importance and several prognostic clinical and molecular markers have been established. Additionally, the identification of invasive growth of meningioma cells into CNS tissue was demonstrated to lead to a higher risk of recurrence and was therefore integrated into the WHO classification of CNS tumors. However, the evidence for its prognostic impact has been questioned in subsequent studies and its exclusion from the next WHO classification proposed. We were recently able to show the prognostic impact of CNS invasion in a large comprehensive retrospective meningioma cohort including other established prognostic factors. In this review we discuss the growing experiences that have been gained on this matter, with a focus on the currently nonuniform histopathological assessment, imaging characteristics and intraoperative sampling as well as the overall outlook on the future role of this potential prognostic factor.This publication has 55 references indexed in Scilit:
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