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GuidelineNeuro-oncology2021

EANO guideline on the diagnosis and management of meningiomas.

Roland Goldbrunner, Pantelis Stavrinou, Michael D Jenkinson, Felix Sahm, Christian Mawrin, Damien C Weber, Matthias Preusser, Giuseppe Minniti, Morten Lund-Johansen, Florence Lefranc and 7 more

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Guideline in Neuro-oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 448 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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448citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
70.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

448 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 669 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. WHO grade 3 pediatric meningioma: a systematic review of clinical features and patient-level analysis of prognostic factors.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 15 institutions in 11 countries.

Roland GoldbrunnerCenter of Neurosurgery, Department of General Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Pantelis StavrinouNeurosurgical Department, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece and Center of Neurosurgery, Department of General Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Michael D JenkinsonDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Felix SahmDepartment of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christian MawrinDepartment of Neuropathology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Damien C WeberCenter for Proton Therapy, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
Matthias PreusserDepartment of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Giuseppe MinnitiRadiation Oncology Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Morten Lund-JohansenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Bergen University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Florence LefrancDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Emanuel HoudartService de Neuroradiologie, Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris, France.
Kita SallabandaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital San Carlos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Emilie Le RhunDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
David NieuwenhuizenDepartment of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands.
Ghazaleh TabatabaiCenter for Neurooncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Riccardo SoffiettiDepartment of Neuro-Oncology, City of Health and Science University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Michael WellerDepartment of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1748-174X
University of Cologne · DEAmphia Ziekenhuis · NLAzienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea · ITBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen · DEComprehensive Cancer Center Vienna · ATHeidelberg University · DEHôpital Lariboisière · FRPaul Scherrer Institute · CHUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ESUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEUniversity Hospital Magdeburg · DEUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity of Bergen · NOUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meningiomas are the most common intracranial tumors. Yet, only few controlled clinical trials have been conducted to guide clinical decision making, resulting in variations of management approaches across countries and centers. However, recent advances in molecular genetics and clinical trial results help to refine the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to meningioma. Accordingly, the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) updated its recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of meningiomas. A provisional diagnosis of meningioma is typically made by neuroimaging, mostly magnetic resonance imaging. Such provisional diagnoses may be made incidentally. Accordingly, a significant proportion of meningiomas, notably in patients that are asymptomatic or elderly or both, may be managed by a watch-and-scan strategy. A surgical intervention with tissue, commonly with the goal of gross total resection, is required for the definitive diagnosis according to the WHO classification. A role for molecular profiling including gene panel sequencing and genomic methylation profiling is emerging. A gross total surgical resection including the involved dura is often curative. Inoperable or recurrent tumors requiring treatment can be treated with radiosurgery, if the size or the vicinity of critical structures allows that, or with fractionated radiotherapy (RT). Treatment concepts combining surgery and radiosurgery or fractionated RT are increasingly used, although there remain controversies regard timing, type, and dosing of the various RT approaches. Radionuclide therapy targeting somatostatin receptors is an experimental approach, as are all approaches of systemic pharmacotherapy. The best albeit modest results with pharmacotherapy have been obtained with bevacizumab or multikinase inhibitors targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, but no standard of care systemic treatment has been yet defined.

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Meningeal NeoplasmsMeningiomaRadiosurgeryAgedHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Ameningiomamolecular pathologyneuropathologyradiosurgerysurgery

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PMID34181733
PMCPMC8563316
OpenAlexW3174532670

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