Predictors of treatment response and survival outcomes in meningioma recurrence with atypical or anaplastic histology Journal Article


Authors: Chohan, M. O.; Ryan, C. T.; Singh, R.; Lanning, R. M.; Reiner, A. S.; Rosenblum, M. K.; Tabar, V.; Gutin, P. H.
Article Title: Predictors of treatment response and survival outcomes in meningioma recurrence with atypical or anaplastic histology
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Recurrence rates for atypical and anaplastic meningiomas range between 9% and 50% after gross total resection and between 36% and 83% after subtotal resection. Optimal treatment of recurrent meningiomas exhibiting atypical/anaplastic histology is complicated because they are often refractory to both surgery and radiation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical determinants of recurrence and treatment-specific outcomes in patients with recurrent meningiomas exhibiting atypical/anaplastic histology at our institution. METHODS: A cohort study was conducted using clinical data of all patients treated for meningiomas with atypical/anaplastic histology at first recurrence between January 1985 and July 2014 at a tertiary cancer center. Predictors of second recurrence were analyzed using competing risks regression models. RESULTS: Nine hundred eighteen patients with meningioma were screened, of whom 60 (55% female) had recurrent disease with atypical/anaplastic histology at a median age of 58.1 yr at diagnosis. The median follow-up from the time of first recurrence was 36.7 mo, with 32 (53%) patients alive at last follow-up. There was no effect of extent of resection at first recurrence on time to a subsequent recurrence. Inclusion of radiation as primary or adjuvant therapy at first recurrence reduced the risk of progression or subsequent recurrence compared to surgery alone (P=.07). CONCLUSION: Treatment of recurrent meningiomas with atypical/anaplastic histology remains challenging. Our data, from one of the largest cohorts, suggest better tumor control with the addition of radiation and challenges the importance of extent of resection at first recurrence. A multicenter effort is needed to confirm these findings and propose treatment guidelines.
Keywords: surgery; radiation therapy; stereotactic radiosurgery; prognostic-factors; phase-ii; repeat; surgical-treatment; adjuvant radiation; intracranial; meningiomas; recurrent meningioma; anaplastic meningioma; atypical meningioma; malignant meningiomas; cavernous sinus meningiomas; gross-total resection; cranial meningiomas
Journal Title: Neurosurgery
Volume: 82
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0148-396X
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer  
Date Published: 2018-06-01
Start Page: 824
End Page: 832
Language: English
ACCESSION: WOS:000439697700020
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyx312
PROVIDER: wos
PUBMED: 28645194
PMCID: PMC6257020
Notes: Article -- Source: Wos
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  1. Anne S Reiner
    248 Reiner
  2. Viviane S Tabar
    225 Tabar
  3. Philip H Gutin
    163 Gutin
  4. Marc Rosenblum
    424 Rosenblum
  5. Ryan Michael Lanning
    14 Lanning
  6. Muhammad Omar Chohan
    5 Chohan