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Medical management of meningioma in the era of precision medicine.
Neurosurgical focus - 1 Apr 2018
Gupta Saksham, Bi Wenya Linda, Dunn Ian F
Abstract excerpt
Surgery is curative for most meningiomas, but a minority of these tumors recur and progress after resection. Initial trials of medical therapies for meningioma utilized nonspecific cytotoxic chemotherapies. The presence of hormone receptors on meningioma ushered in trials of hormone-mimicking agents. While these trials expanded clinical understanding of meningioma, they ultimately had limited efficacy in managing...
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