Table 2. Patients, meningiomas, treatments and outcomes.
Patients | 235 |
Median age (range) | 58.6 years (13.7–86.5 years) |
Male:Female (ratio) | 85:150 (1:1.8) |
History of head or neck radiotherapy | 11 (5%) |
Multiple meningiomas | 54 (23%) |
Race | |
Caucasian | 157 (67%) |
Hispanic | 25 (11%) |
Asian | 22 (9%) |
Black | 12 (5%) |
Other (not Hispanic/Latino) | 6 (3%) |
Pacific islander | 5 (2%) |
White; Hispanic/Latino | 2 (1%) |
Meningiomas | 257 |
World Health Organization (WHO) grade I | 128 (50%) |
WHO grade II (atypical) | 104 (40%) |
WHO grade III (anaplastic) | 25 (10%) |
Primary:recurrent (ratio) | 189:68 (2.8:1) |
Median size (range) | 33.4 cm3 (0.3–335.3 cm3) |
Bone invasion | 88 (34%) |
Brain invasion | 47 (18%) |
Peri-meningioma edema | 150 (58%) |
Location | |
Anterior cranial fossa | 54 (21%) |
Middle cranial fossa | 58 (23%) |
Posterior cranial fossa | 34 (13%) |
Midline | 118 (46%) |
Convexity | 157 (61%) |
Skull base | 109 (42%) |
Treatment | |
Extent of resection | |
Gross total resection | 147 (57%) |
Subtotal resection | 109 (42%) |
Extent of resection unknown | 1 (0.4%) |
Adjuvant radiotherapy | 61 (24%) |
Outcomes | |
Median follow-up (range) | 52 months (0–197 months) |
Local failure | 92 (36%) |
Median local freedom from progression (range) | 76 months (1.7–207 months) |
Death | 60 (27%) |
Median overall survival (range) | 80 months (0–191 months) |