Open AccessSurvival and failure patterns in atypical and anaplastic meningiomas: A single-center experience of surgery and postoperative radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Narendra Kumar,
Ritesh Kumar,
Divya Khosla,
Pravin Salunke,
Sudeep Gupta,
BD Radotra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.151426
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , single center , surgery , center (category theory) , crystallography , chemistry
Intracranial meningiomas are the second most common tumor of the CNS. The high-grade tumors are atypical and malignant meningioma comprising 5-7% and 1-3% of all meningiomas. The high-grade meningioma have an aggressive histopathological and clinical behavior.